Default Drive for new DBs

Is there a way to change the default location, including drive, of a SQL
isntall that was initially installed to the C drive?
Space Junk wrote:
> Is there a way to change the default location, including drive, of a
> SQL isntall that was initially installed to the C drive?
By "default location", do you mean where the executables are installed?
Or do you mean where the data and log files are installed?
David Gugick
Imceda Software
www.imceda.com
|||I mean where data and logs are installed by default. Sorry I thought I said
that.
Example, adding a bigger HDD to a system and needing new data bases to
default to the new drive.
"David Gugick" wrote:

> Space Junk wrote:
> By "default location", do you mean where the executables are installed?
> Or do you mean where the data and log files are installed?
> --
> David Gugick
> Imceda Software
> www.imceda.com
>
|||Space Junk wrote:
> I mean where data and logs are installed by default. Sorry I thought
> I said that.
> Example, adding a bigger HDD to a system and needing new data bases to
> default to the new drive.
Just add a new data file on the database to the new drive. SQL Server
will fill the data files (or log files) proportionally. If you want to
actually move the data and log files, you can use sp_detachdb and
sp_attach_db / sp_attach_single_file_db to disconnect them and reconnect
once they are on the new drive.
David Gugick
Imceda Software
www.imceda.com
|||You can specify the database default folders for data and log files from
Enterprise Manager under server properties --> database settings.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"Space Junk" <SpaceJunk@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to change the default location, including drive, of a SQL
> isntall that was initially installed to the C drive?
|||I know how to move a data base, and data base settings only shows the C
drive. I do not need to change the folder data bases are being stored in. I
need to change the DEFAULT drive.
It is looking like a re-installation.
"Dan Guzman" wrote:

> You can specify the database default folders for data and log files from
> Enterprise Manager under server properties --> database settings.
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP
> "Space Junk" <SpaceJunk@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|||I tried a different physical HDD and then that new drive showed up under DB
Settings under DB properties. I am not sure why the other functioning drive
did not show up.
"Space Junk" wrote:
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> I know how to move a data base, and data base settings only shows the C
> drive. I do not need to change the folder data bases are being stored in. I
> need to change the DEFAULT drive.
> It is looking like a re-installation.
> "Dan Guzman" wrote:
|||Space Junk wrote:
You can easily default new database data and log files under the
database settings tab in SQL EM. Just change the Default Data and
Default Log locations.
David Gugick
Imceda Software
www.imceda.com
|||I was trying that, however me previous second HDD was not showing up in
there, only drive C. Not sure why, the drive was functioning normally. I
put a new drive in, and check again, then I had the option to choose other
than the C drive.
"David Gugick" wrote:

> Space Junk wrote:
> You can easily default new database data and log files under the
> database settings tab in SQL EM. Just change the Default Data and
> Default Log locations.
>
>
> --
> David Gugick
> Imceda Software
> www.imceda.com
>