Startup options – Database Research & Development https://www.dbrnd.com BIGData | NoSQL | MSSQL | MySQL | PostgreSQL Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:03:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 SQL Server Interview: What are the different Startup Options? https://www.dbrnd.com/2017/04/sql-server-interview-what-are-the-different-startup-options/ Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:16:29 +0000 https://www.dbrnd.com/?p=5074

If you are preparing for SQL Server DBA interviews, you should prepare yourself with few startup options of SQL Server.
Below, you can find a list of SQL Server startup options:

  • -d master_file_path: Change the default location of master database data file
  • -l master_log_path: Change the default location of master database log file
  • -e error_log_path: Change the default location of SQL Server Error Log file
  • -c: Shorten the startup time of SQL Server
  • -f: Start SQL Server with minimal configuration
  • -m: Start SQL Server in single-user mode
  • -E: Increase the number of extents of File groups
  • -T trace#: Start an instance of SQL Server with a specified trace flag
  • -s: Start a named instance of SQL Server
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