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Attach and restore a read-only content database (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Published: May 12, 2010
A Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 farm in which content databases have been set to be read-only can be part of a failure recovery environment that runs against mirrored or log-shipped content databases or part of a highly available maintenance or patching environment that provides user access when another version of the farm is being updated. When you re-attach the read-only databases, they become read-write.
For more information about how to use read-only databases, see Run a farm that uses read-only databases (SharePoint Foundation 2010).
Use Windows PowerShell to attach and restore a read-only content database
You can use only Windows PowerShell to attach and restore a read-only content database.
To attach and restore a read-only content database by using Windows PowerShell
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Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.
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On the Start menu, click All Programs.
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Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.
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Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
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At the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Mount-SPContentDatabase -Name <Database name> -WebApplication <Web application ID> [-Verbose]
Note: Attaching a content database by using the
Mount-SPContentDatabasecmdlet differs from attaching a database in SQL Server by using SQL Server tools.Mount-SPContentDatabaseassociates the content database with a Web application so that the contents can be read.
For more information, see Mount-SPContentDatabase.
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| We recommend that you use Windows PowerShell when performing command-line administrative tasks. The Stsadm command-line tool has been deprecated, but is included to support compatibility with previous product versions. |
Change History
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| May 12, 2010 | Initial publication |
