Easiest method for moving databases from one partition to another

The first SQL install went on the smaller partition and we need to
move it from C: to D:. It seems to me there should be a startup
parameter we can change, stop the server, move the databases, and
restart the server. Our DB admin is saying we need a full reinstall.
It seems to me this should be easiert. I am seeing pathing
information in the database parameters in the server properties tabs
in enterprize manager. Can I just change those, do my move, and
restart?
suggestions greatly appreciated
HalHi
If you want to move the databases, look at sp_attachdb and sp_detachdb in BOL.
No need for re-install. (The location of master DB is in the registry so
moving that takes a bit more effort).
If you want to move the SQL EXE's, then un-install and re-install is required.
Regards
Mike
"hal@.nospam.com" wrote:
> The first SQL install went on the smaller partition and we need to
> move it from C: to D:. It seems to me there should be a startup
> parameter we can change, stop the server, move the databases, and
> restart the server. Our DB admin is saying we need a full reinstall.
> It seems to me this should be easiert. I am seeing pathing
> information in the database parameters in the server properties tabs
> in enterprize manager. Can I just change those, do my move, and
> restart?
> suggestions greatly appreciated
> Hal
>|||If you want to move the master database, you can add some options to the
sqlservr.exe program that is started as a service, you should use something
like
sqlservr -d<new masterdatafilepath> -l<new master log path>
Marc
"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@.epprecht.net> wrote in message
news:21A185C6-89AD-4DC6-901F-B770BD9CA72D@.microsoft.com...
> Hi
> If you want to move the databases, look at sp_attachdb and sp_detachdb in
BOL.
> No need for re-install. (The location of master DB is in the registry so
> moving that takes a bit more effort).
> If you want to move the SQL EXE's, then un-install and re-install is
required.
> Regards
> Mike
> "hal@.nospam.com" wrote:
> > The first SQL install went on the smaller partition and we need to
> > move it from C: to D:. It seems to me there should be a startup
> > parameter we can change, stop the server, move the databases, and
> > restart the server. Our DB admin is saying we need a full reinstall.
> > It seems to me this should be easiert. I am seeing pathing
> > information in the database parameters in the server properties tabs
> > in enterprize manager. Can I just change those, do my move, and
> > restart?
> >
> > suggestions greatly appreciated
> >
> > Hal
> >