MS SQL & Sybase: recreate master database

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:54:14 +0000

Sybase:
before 12.5: buildmaster (bldmatr for NT)

buildmaster -d master_device -s size_in_2k_pages

12.5 and later: dataserver with some options (sqlsvr for NT)

dataserver -d master_device -b size -forcebuild -z page_size -Z size_of_master_db

MS SQL:

before MS 2005:
rebuildm utility (GUI)

MS SQL 2005:

Start server in single-user mode (sqlserver.exe -m)
setup.exe /qn INSTANCENAME=instance_name REINSTALL=SQL_Engine REBUILDDATABASE=1 SAPWD=new_SA_Password
Restart server in normal mode

MS SQL: long running queries

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:37:57 +0000

select spid,cmd,status,loginame,open_tran,
datediff (s,last_batch,getdate()) as [Waittime (s)]
from master..sysprocesses p
where open_tran > 0
and spid > 50
and datediff (s,last_batch,getdate()) > 30
and exists ( select * from master..syslockinfo
where req_spid=p.spid and rsc_type <>2)

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MS SQL & Sybase: recreate master database

MS SQL: long running queries