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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Rebuild Master Database

Shutdown Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and then run Rebuildm.exe. This is located in the Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn directory.
In the Rebuild Master dialog box, click Browse.
In the Browse for Folder dialog box, select the \Data folder on the SQL Server 2000 compact disc or in the shared network directory from which SQL Server 2000 was installed, and then click OK. Click Settings. In the Collation Settings dialog box, verify or change settings used for the master database and all other databases.Initially, the default collation settings are shown, but these may not match the collation selected during setup. You can select the same settings used during setup or select new collation settings. When done, click OK.
In the Rebuild Master dialog box, click Rebuild to start the process. The Rebuild Master utility reinstalls the master database. To continue, you may need to stop a server that is running.

7 comments:

Kaiprath said...

Can you provide the rebuilding of master database in sql server 2005. Every where it is mentioned as it can be rebuild through setup. exe. Do you have any thorough details about that.

Thank you
Bijoy

Anonymous said...

Hello Bijoy,

Here is how you rebuild master in SQL 2005.

Step 1. Put SQL Server into Single User Mode

The first thing you will want to do is stop the SQL Sever Sevicer (sqlservr.exe) and the associated services (Agent, Full Text, Etc). There are a few ways to do this, but the easiest way would be to use the SQL Configuration Manager (Start->All Programs->Microsoft Sql Server 2005->Configuration Tools->Sql Server Configuration Manager). From this console you can manage the various SQL server services running on the machine. Right Click on each service listed and stop the service. The services are stopped, you can proceed to Step 2.

Step 2. Start the SQL server in Single User Mode

Open a command window and navigate to the folder where Sqlservr.exe resides (generally installdrive:\Program Files\Microsoft Sql Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Binn). Run “sqlserver.exe -m” to start the sql server from single user mode.

Step 3. Rebuild the system databases

In SQL 2005, the rebuildm.exe program is nto supported. To rebuild the master database you need to use the setup.exe found on the SQL 2005 installation media. To rebuild, use the following command “start /wait setup.exe /qn INSTANCENAME=[instance] REINSTALL=SQL_Engine REBUILDDATABASE=1 SAPWD=[New SA Password]”. Please refere to Books on Line for compelete details on how to use Setup.exe.

Step 4. Restart the SQL Server Services in regular mode

End the command shell you started earlier. Ctrl-C to stop SQL server in single user mode, then close the command window. Go back to the Sql Server Configuration Manager and restart the SQL services.

Raja said...

I think in sqlserver 2008 we have rebuildm.exe

Anonymous said...

Hi Sandesh i find setup.exe in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap

folder can I also use it for rebuilding master database please help..

Sandesh Segu said...

No you cannot use that for rebuilding master db.

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