"Invalid command option D."

When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried
to
restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their original
locations,
and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works...
When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to
start
SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
Thanks!!WANNABE wrote:
> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried
> to
> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their original
> locations,
> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works...
> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to
> start
> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
> Thanks!!
>
What is the EXACT command, including switches, that you are running from
the DOS prompt?
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||You need to put back the model database to where it used to be. The reference to the model database
is *inside* master.mdf. SQL Server cannot start without model since it cannot create tempdb, and SQL
Server cannot live without tempdb. You probably want to do the same for msdb, and other user
database, but those will not prohibit SQL Server from starting. You really should read KB 224071
first... :-)
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
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> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried to
> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their original locations,
> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works...
> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to start
> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
> Thanks!!
>|||Thanks, but I do have all dbs in both places, and it still wont start. I
try "sqlservr" and it returns the "Invalid command option D."
error
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:%23FpPvYLvGHA.428@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You need to put back the model database to where it used to be. The
> reference to the model database is *inside* master.mdf. SQL Server cannot
> start without model since it cannot create tempdb, and SQL Server cannot
> live without tempdb. You probably want to do the same for msdb, and other
> user database, but those will not prohibit SQL Server from starting. You
> really should read KB 224071 first... :-)
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
> news:O%23ITWuKvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
>> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
>> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then
>> tried to
>> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their
>> original locations,
>> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing
>> works...
>> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to
>> start
>> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
>> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
>> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
>> Thanks!!
>|||Can you post what you try to execute in the command prompt? Also, the switches to SQL Server
programs are case sensitive.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
news:e%23rPBuLvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, but I do have all dbs in both places, and it still wont start. I try "sqlservr" and it
> returns the "Invalid command option D."
> error
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23FpPvYLvGHA.428@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You need to put back the model database to where it used to be. The reference to the model
>> database is *inside* master.mdf. SQL Server cannot start without model since it cannot create
>> tempdb, and SQL Server cannot live without tempdb. You probably want to do the same for msdb, and
>> other user database, but those will not prohibit SQL Server from starting. You really should read
>> KB 224071 first... :-)
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:O%23ITWuKvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
>> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
>> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried to
>> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their original locations,
>> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works...
>> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to start
>> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
>> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
>> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
>> Thanks!!
>>
>|||I will be gone until next Tuesday.. I'll repost this if I still need help..
All I enter from the command line prompt is
sqlservr
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:%23dIFp4LvGHA.324@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Can you post what you try to execute in the command prompt? Also, the
> switches to SQL Server programs are case sensitive.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
> news:e%23rPBuLvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, but I do have all dbs in both places, and it still wont start. I
>> try "sqlservr" and it returns the "Invalid command option D."
>> error
>> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote
>> in message news:%23FpPvYLvGHA.428@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You need to put back the model database to where it used to be. The
>> reference to the model database is *inside* master.mdf. SQL Server
>> cannot start without model since it cannot create tempdb, and SQL Server
>> cannot live without tempdb. You probably want to do the same for msdb,
>> and other user database, but those will not prohibit SQL Server from
>> starting. You really should read KB 224071 first... :-)
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:O%23ITWuKvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
>> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
>> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then
>> tried to
>> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their
>> original locations,
>> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing
>> works...
>> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try
>> to start
>> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
>> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
>> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
>|||If you only run sqlservr from command line, then the parameters are picked up from the registry. I
suggest you edit the registry to put in the right case, d instead of D.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
news:OspGsOMvGHA.4436@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I will be gone until next Tuesday.. I'll repost this if I still need help..
> All I enter from the command line prompt is
> sqlservr
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23dIFp4LvGHA.324@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Can you post what you try to execute in the command prompt? Also, the switches to SQL Server
>> programs are case sensitive.
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:e%23rPBuLvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, but I do have all dbs in both places, and it still wont start. I try "sqlservr" and it
>> returns the "Invalid command option D."
>> error
>> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23FpPvYLvGHA.428@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You need to put back the model database to where it used to be. The reference to the model
>> database is *inside* master.mdf. SQL Server cannot start without model since it cannot create
>> tempdb, and SQL Server cannot live without tempdb. You probably want to do the same for msdb,
>> and other user database, but those will not prohibit SQL Server from starting. You really
>> should read KB 224071 first... :-)
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "WANNABE" <breichenbach AT istate DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:O%23ITWuKvGHA.4460@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> When trying to start SQL 2000 from dos prompt.
>> I changed the start up locations -D -L -E for my server from EM
>> server properties, Moved the Data and log files (MDF and LDFs), then tried to
>> restart the server and it failed. I duplicated all files to their original locations,
>> and again tried to restart from command-line with -d -l but nothing works...
>> When I changed the Server Properties I used capital D, and when I try to start
>> SQL from DOS I get "Invalid command option D."
>> Please help me !! what Have I done to myself
>> Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this server backup'
>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
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