SQL database recovery in progress, access denied.

Overview - SQL Database Recovery Pending, Access Denied

It is said that more than a few Microsoft SQL Server users and DBAs have been through the seemingly scary “Recovery Pending” state one or two times. In reality, “Recovery Pending” isn't always troublesome unless you end up with an error message like access denied. What is <a href="/sql-database-recovery/fix-recovery-pending-in-sql-server.html">Recovery Pending? What is access denied? The last thing you would want to see is <strong>Access denied in SQL database recovery</strong>.

To ease your mind, recovery pending is one of three common states for SQL database recovery. This state indicates that the database interrupted its startup recovery, which doesn't necessarily mean it failed; it just hasn't started yet. The recovery pending state is different from the other two states: online and suspect.

However, the problem arises when your SQL server stays in the recovery pending state for long and keeps returning access denied errors on consecutive attempts. You must resolve the access denied error to grant access to the database as usual.

How to Manually Resolve SQL Database Recovery with 'Access Denied' Error

The root cause of the "Access denied" error is that you lack the appropriate permissions to access, write to, or save data on the SQL server. To resolve this issue of insufficient privileges, there are two approaches you can take to fix the error.

Method 1: Modify the permission settings

1. Locate the folder on your SQL Server computer that contains files with the .mdf extension.
2. Right-click on the MDF file and select "Properties."
3. Switch to the "Security" tab, then click the "Edit" button.
4. In the pop-up window's "Groups or user names" section, select "Authenticated Users."
5. In the permissions area for "Authenticated Users," check the "Full Control" checkbox. This will automatically select the other permission options under "Full Control."

Method 2: Change the server authentication mode from SQL Server to Windows

In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click the server in Object Explorer, and then click Properties. On the Security page, under Server authentication, select the new server authentication mode, and then click OK. In the SQL Server Management Studio dialog box, click OK to acknowledge that you must restart SQL Server. In Object Explorer, right-click the server, and then click Restart. If SQL Server Agent is running, you must also restart it.

How to Automatically Fix SQL Database Recovery with Access Denied Issue

If you decide to forgo the manual steps, or if they don't work after actual testing, you can then turn to third-party automated troubleshooting solutions.

< a href="/data-recovery-software/ms-sql-recovery.html">MS SQL Recovery tool< /a> could be your first as well as the last option to deal with corrupt SQL Server database, as it performs exceptionally well in dealing with major SQL issues like:

< li > 1. Repair databases damaged due to < strong > MDF/ NDF file corruption < li > 2. Resolve various database errors caused by damage to the transaction log file ( . ldf ) < li > 3. Recover lost, deleted, or corrupted database objects: tables, indexes, triggers, keys, views, etc. < li > 4. Fix other SQL errors that cannot be resolved through manual troubleshooting

How to use MS SQL Recovery tool to recover SQL under 'Access Denied' error?

Step 1. Stop the MS SQL Server service via services.msc or Management Studio.

Step 2: Run the SQL Recovery tool. On the main interface, select the MDF/NDF file of the database that you want to recover. Click on 'Repair' to start the repairing process of your MDF/NDF files.

If you know where the file is, click “Browse” to locate the database.

If you do not know the location of the file, click Search to search for the .mdf or .ndf file.

Step 3: Once done, you will see the list of recovered database objects on the left pane of the window.

Step 4. Click on “Export” in the bottom right corner of the screen to save your database objects. Choose your preferred format, such as MDF or SQL script.

In the Export to Database window, choose Create New Database or Export to Existing Database to save the recovered data. If you select Create New Database, enter the database name and choose the SQL location. If you select Export to Existing Database, select an existing database.

Step 5: Restart SQL Server now.

For more tips that work on Windows 10/8/8.1/7 users, watch our video tutorial and learn how to fix the “Access is denied” error in Windows with two quick methods.

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