Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 06/02/05 00:38

Terri (terri@cybernets.com) writes:
> MSSQL 2000 SP3A
>
> I'm trying to restore a database with the following commands.
>
> restore database Test
> from disk = 'D:\backups\9pm.bak'
> WITH RECOVERY,
>
> move 'DEV_Data' to 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\data\Test_Data.MDF',
> move 'DEV_Log' to 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
> Server\MSSQL\data\Test_log.LDF'
>
> The database doesn't exist on the restore server destination.
>
> The size of the bak file is 681 mb.
>
> The restore process never finishes or at least I've canceled after 30
> minutes.
>
> I do see the mdf file being created at 811 mbs.
>
> I also see a log file for the database being created, its 17gb. I have 30
> gbs of disk space when I initiate the restore.
>
> Is this normal?

17 GB of disk could take some time to initiate, so I would restart
the restore, and leave it running.

Once you are up, you should probably take action to shrink the
transaction log. Exactly how do to this, depends on your requirements
for up-to-the-point recovery.


--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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