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allan8964
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Posted - 07/23/2012 :  11:05:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have created an instance to store data in C:\Data. Now I want to change the store place to H:\Data how can I change that?
Thanks in advance.

robvolk
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Posted - 07/23/2012 :  11:14:23  Show Profile  Visit robvolk's Homepage  Reply with Quote
In Management Studio, right-click the server icon, choose Properties. Under Database Settings you'll find text boxes to set default data and log file locations.
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allan8964
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Posted - 07/23/2012 :  11:55:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks robvolk. But I can only see local drives. Is it true that I can only use local drives for data store? If I need to store the data in other file share (i tried but seemed not working) what should I do (I know there is a way using node something.)?
thanks again.
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Posted - 07/23/2012 :  12:13:11  Show Profile  Visit robvolk's Homepage  Reply with Quote
If H: is a mapped drive, then that won't work. You'd have to use the UNC path, which is possible in SQL Server 2008 R2 but I wouldn't recommend it as the default setting. See here for more information: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2010/05/13/inf-new-sql-server-features-in-sql-server-2008-r2-part-1.aspx
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allan8964
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Posted - 07/23/2012 :  17:34:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks robvolk.
I tried UNC it works but I can't create a new db on it. It says user and password not recognized. I set the permission as Everyone FULL for the shared folder. Anyway I found the way of using mountvol command to create a mounted point on either mapped drive or other virtual drive, I am using Hyper-V. But this is still not what I want. I need to connect to a physical drive. Maybe I need try VMWare for virtualization.
thanks again. very good link.
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