Automated restore of a user database

I am trying to restore a user database in a scheduled Job I created that exe
cutes the following command "restore database sqleligibilitydatabase from di
sk= 'd:\dbfrom01\sqleligibilitydatabase_db_%
.bak'". I get an error 3101 "un
able to get exclusive use".
Absolutely no one is on this server when I do thisFrom which database are you executing the restore command? Make sure it is t
he master database. you can run an
sp_who just before and get the output from the jobstep to a file and examine
that file to see who is using the
database.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"cbriscoejr" <cbriscoejr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to restore a user database in a scheduled Job I created that executes
the following command
"restore database sqleligibilitydatabase from disk= 'd:\dbfrom01\sqleligibil
itydatabase_db_%.bak'". I get an
error 3101 "unable to get exclusive use". Absolutely no one is on this serv
er when I do this|||Hi,
Turn the database to single user before restore and make it multiuser after
restore:-
Change the script to do below :-
Alter database <dbname> set single_user with rollback immediate
go
restore database dbname from disk=...........
go
Alter database <dbname> set multi_user
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"cbriscoejr" <cbriscoejr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to restore a user database in a scheduled Job I created that
executes the following command "restore database sqleligibilitydatabase from
disk= 'd:\dbfrom01\sqleligibilitydatabase_db_%
.bak'". I get an error 3101
"unable to get exclusive use". Absolutely no one is on this server when I
do this|||ALTER DATABASE sqleligibilitydatabase SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
ALTER DATABASE sqleligibilitydatabase SET ONLINE
RESTORE DATABASE......
That will clear all users out of the database. Also, make sure your job
step does not execute in the context of the target database.
Geoff N. Hiten
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Senior Database Administrator
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"cbriscoejr" <cbriscoejr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to restore a user database in a scheduled Job I created that
executes the following command "restore database sqleligibilitydatabase from
disk= 'd:\dbfrom01\sqleligibilitydatabase_db_%
.bak'". I get an error 3101
"unable to get exclusive use". Absolutely no one is on this server when I
do this