I would also recommend to right-click the jobs and script them out to ensure they are created correctly on the new server.Įven though the msdb database is slightly less relevant for a functioning SQL Server instance, the newer versioned msdb could still contain elements (columns, tables. Q: Similarly SQL server jobs, schedules, etc are stored in the msdb? Can this be backup/restored to migrate the jobs to the new server? Restoring the master database from one instance to another can break the whole instance. Hence the recommendation to use the migration script to transfer logins. taken from _ Restore the master Database (Transact-SQL) (SQL Docs)Įssentially, you could restore the master database, but would invalidate other information. Doing otherwise might result in undefined SQL Server instance behavior, with inconsistent feature support, and is not guaranteed to be viable. At a minimum, this recovery instance should be the same version, edition, and patch level, and it should have the same selection of features and the same external configuration ( hostname, cluster membership, and so on) as the original instance. In the event of disaster recovery, the instance where the master database is being restored to should be as close to an exact match to the original as possible. One of the reasons for this is listed in the quote below. See also the Q&A Transfer logins to another server. It is recommended to transfer the SQL Server Logins using the procedure documented by Microsoft. Yes & No The logins would be in the database, but so would other information. Q: If so, then when migrating to another server, if we backup this master db and restore to the new server, then will the logins get migrated to the new server? Q: Are all these stored in the master db? Simply answering your questions is not the solution to your questions.

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