Logical file name sql

We can see now that the physical file name of the database has been changed to reflect the new name in the database. It searches for the old. We have already changed the file name, therefore, SQL Server could not locate the log file.

In the current file path column, click on eclipse … and specify the newly renamed log file. We learned various methods to change the physical and logical file name in a SQL Server database hosted in a Linux environment. I hope you enjoyed the article. Feel free to provide feedback in the comments below. LOG ON. USE [ master ] ;. Author Recent Posts. Rajendra Gupta. As an MCSA certified and Microsoft Certified Trainer in Gurgaon, India, with 13 years of experience, Rajendra works for a variety of large companies focusing on performance optimization, monitoring, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies and implementation.

We can also see that the logical file names have been changed by running the below T-SQL command again. Is there a way to automate changing logical name for all databases on a given server? Rename logical database file name for a SQL Server database.

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How to stop and start SQL Server services. To perform one of the performance tuning tasks we needed a list of all the logical and physical names for the files for every single database on the SQL Server Instance.

Here is the script which can list all the physical and logical name of the files along with their type as well. In the result set, you can see database name, logical file name, physical file name, and type of the file. The reason, I decided to blog about this script because even though it is a very simple script I was particular, not able to find such script online. I believe sometimes we skip learning a simple script and write a complicated script. During the recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check , we had to restore a database on a server.

Let us see how we changed logical database file name in a few quick steps. SQL Server database files have two different names — 1 logical file name and 2 physical file name. You can see both the names of the files for your database when you run the following command.

Now let us see a simple script which can change the logical file name.