• DBA

    The operation cannot be performed on a database with database snapshots or active DBCC replicas

    Background of the issue. There is a script stored procedure for both backup and restore is running on one of the server. I have got this from one of our customer. I have checked the restore and looks like there was a database snapshot been created that was a part of backup stored procedure. Msg 5094, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 The operation cannot be performed on a database with database snapshots or active DBCC replicas. Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally. Solution: Drop the database snapshot and restore the database. Drop database <Snapshot DB Name> T-SQL to find the database snapshot…