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Databases within this farm are set to read only and will fail to upgrade unless it's set to a read-write state (SharePoint Server)

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  • 01/19/2023

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Rule Name: Databases within this farm are set to read only and will fail to upgrade unless it's set to a read-write state.

Summary: The databases are set to read-only and can't be upgraded.

Cause: The databases are set to read-only.

Resolution: Set the databases to read-write using SQL Server.

  1. Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the db_owner fixed database role in each database.

  2. Start SQL Server Management Studio.

  3. Right-click the content database that you want to make read-only, and then click Properties.

  4. Select the Options page, and, in the Other options list, scroll to the State section.

  5. In the Database Read-Only row, click the arrow next to True, select False, and then click OK.

  6. Repeat for all other content databases.

    Note

    When a database is set to read-only, all connections except the one that is setting the read-only flag are stopped. After the read-only flag is set, other connections are enabled.

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