HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft SQL Server Licenses - Manual (Page 50)

RMSql mount
Before you begin, verify the following conditions are complete before performing the mount
operation:
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The SQL server must be in healthy state for attach operation
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The disk residing on the database must be online and visible
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The original database is must be online for the attach operation to succeed
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The name of target server and the SQL server must be same for attach operation to succeed
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The secondary database files (.ndf) as part of original database is also available in the attached
database
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If a SQL instance in running in a clustered environment, the snapshots of databases taken from
a particular SQL instance cannot be attached to the SQL instance running on the cluster
environment.
NOTE: You cannot attach a data onto a cluster SQL instance because the data is on a separate
disk.
SYNTAX
RMSql mount -s -t [-m ] [-ts
name>] [-a -i -d
]
DESCRIPTION
The RMSql mount command mounts a virtual copy created by the RMSql create command.
To mount a virtual copy, you must create an available mount point on the NTFS volume before you
execute the command.
If necessary, use -a option to attach a database to the SQL server.
PARAMETERS
The following options are supported:
-s The SQL server associated with the database.
-i Optional. SQL server instance belonging to the specified database. If
not specified, MSSQLSERVER (local) is used as the default and valid
only if –a option is specified.
-d Optional. Original Database to be attached. Valid only if –a option is
specified.
-t The timestamp for the virtual copy to be mounted.
-m Optional. The mount point for virtual copy devices. If not specified,
%SystemDrive%\3parSnapshot
is used as the default mount point.
-ts Optional. The name of the host on which to mount the virtual copy. If
not specified, the local host is used as the default mount point.
-a
database>
Optional. New name of the database to be attached.
WARNING! If you mount a volume with the RMSql mount command, you must unmount the
volume with the RMSql unmount command. Do not manually unmount a volume that was mounted
with the RMSql mount command.
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