Attach and restore a read-only content database (SharePoint Server 2010)

 

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Foundation 2010

A Microsoft SharePoint Server 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 Server 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

  1. Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.

  2. On the Start menu, click All Programs.

  3. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

  4. Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

  5. 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-SPContentDatabase cmdlet differs from attaching a database in SQL Server by using SQL Server tools. Mount-SPContentDatabase associates the content database with a Web application so that the contents can be read.

For more information, see Mount-SPContentDatabase.

Note

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.

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Other Resources

Resource Center: Business Continuity Management for SharePoint Server 2010