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Rebuild System Databases In SQL Server 2008

Software Requirement

Prerequisite Knowledge

1. What are system databases?
2. What is the purpose of the system databases?

What Does Rebuild Do?

Scenarios Of Rebuilding Database

Steps

1. Open command prompt
2. Go to the following path

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\SQLServer2008R2

3. If you are using SQL Server instance then go to the following path

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap

4. Execute following query

setup.exe  /QUIET /ACTION=REBUILDDATABASE /INSTANCENAME=sqlexpress2k8r2  /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS= my_domain\admin_user_name /SAPWD=login_password

1. /QUIET means that setup is run without any user interface
2. /ACTION=REBUILDDATABASE means system databases are recreated
3. /INSTANCENAME=sqlexpress2k8r2 specifies the instance name of database
4. SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS= my_domain\admin_user_name specifies the domain name and admin user name of the system
5. /SAPWD=login_password specifies the login password of the admin user

Log In Summary.Txt File

  Final result:                  Passed
  Exit code (Decimal):      0
  Exit message:               Passed
  Start time:                    2012-06-29 17:20:19
  End time:                      2012-06-29 17:23:37
  Requested action:          RebuildDatabase