Log files - Location

Does the log file have to be on the same drive as the data file?
I know how to detach the database, move location of database files, and attach database pointing to new location. But, I can't get it to work if the log file is on a drive different than the data file.
Is there another way to do this?
Thanks!
No, the log files do not have to be on the same drive as the data files. =
In fact, it is generally recommended that these be located on different =
drives.
Why can't you get it working? What errors do you have?
Another option to sp_detach_db and sp_attach_db is to perform a RESTORE =
DATABASE...WITH MOVE. WITH MOVE allows you to move the data and or log =
file(s) to different disk locations. Documentation and examples can be =
found within Books Online (within the SQL Server program group).
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Keith
"Ysandre" <ysandre@.hotmail.com> wrote in message =
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> Does the log file have to be on the same drive as the data file?
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> I know how to detach the database, move location of database files, =
and attach database pointing to new location. But, I can't get it to =
work if the log file is on a drive different than the data file.
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> Is there another way to do this?
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> Thanks!
|||Hi,
Putting Log file in a different drive is always recommended for better
performance.
How to do:-
(Clear all the users connected to the database using ( ALTER database
<dbname> set single_user with rollback immediate )
sp_detach_db <dbname>
Move the LDF file to new drive using explorer
sp_attach_db
<dbname>,'physical_mdf_file_with_path','Physical_L DF_file_with_new_path'
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Ysandre" <ysandre@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does the log file have to be on the same drive as the data file?
> I know how to detach the database, move location of database files, and
attach database pointing to new location. But, I can't get it to work if the
log file is on a drive different than the data file.
> Is there another way to do this?
> Thanks!
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