Microsoft Exam Questions

Which two commands can you use to restart the instance?

You install Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition on the network. The Database Server is named EBS-DBSrv. The EBS-DBSrv server contains a default instance and a named instance of SQL Server 2008. A user reports that a database in the named instance has become corrupt. You want to repair the database. To achieve this, you want to start the named instance of SQL Server 2008 in single-user mode.

Which two commands can you use to restart the instance? (Choose two. Each correct answer presents a complete solution.)

A.
Sqlservr.exe -m -s

B.
Sqlservr.exe -m -x

C.
Sqlservr.exe -m -n

D.
Sqlservr.exe -m -f

E.
Sqlservr.exe -m -c

Explanation:
You can use either the Sqlservr.exe -m -s command or the Sqlservr.exe -m -n command. The Sqlservr.exe command is a command-line utility that allows you to start, stop, and pause an instance of SQL Server 2008. When you specify the -m parameter with the Sqlservr.exe command, SQL Server starts in single-user mode. To start a specific named instance in single-user mode, you can use the -s parameter or the -n parameter with the -m parameter. The -s parameter is used to start a named instance of SQL Server. If you do not specify any named instance with the -s parameter, the default instance of SQL Server is started. The -n parameter is also used to start a named instance of SQL Server without using the Windows application log to record SQL Server events. When you want to start a named instance by using the -n parameter, you should also specify -s parameter because if you do not specify the -s parameter with the -n parameter, the default instance attempts to start.

You should not run the Sqlservr.exe -m -x command because this command does not allow you start a named instance of SQL Server 2008 in single-user mode. The -x parameter disables monitoring features, such as performance monitor counters.

You should not run the Sqlservr.exe -m -f command because this command does not allow you start a named instance of SQL Server 2008 in single-user mode. The -f parameter starts an instance of SQL Server with minimal configuration.

You should not run the Sqlservr.exe -m -c command because this command does not allow you start a named instance of SQL Server 2008 in single-user mode. The -c parameter shortens startup time when starting SQL Server from the command prompt.