Hi,

There is a Q article on how to restore master on microsoft's website.  
Basically you have to put down a blank master with the rebuildm.exe utility.  
Then you can start the sql server interactively (ie. Not through the service) 
and recover your real master through tsm.  Once done, you can start the service 
and recover the other databases.  

Michael Wheelock
Integris Health 

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Luc Beaudoin
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 11:17 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: SQL 2000 server restore

Hi all

I'm testing a SQL 2000 server restore ...

I restored the OS (win2000) + the system objects ....
Now I want to restore my SQL databases ... but the MASTER DB is not there cause 
it's exclude in my windows client dsm.opt file. So I am not able to start my 
SQL server service ...  I have the message could not connect ...
Even when I start the TSM SQL agent .. I see the DB to restore but when I click 
restore .. I have an error message saying that " ACO5424E" could not connect to 
SQL server

How can I restore my SQL databases ...


Thanks

Luc Beaudoin
Administrateur Réseau / Network Administrator Hopital General Juif S.M.B.D. / 
Jewish General Hospital
Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext:4318
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