MSSQLServer 2005: Moving TEMP Database
Open Query Analyzer and connect to your server. Run this script to get the names of the files used for TempDB. First check where the current data and log file of tempdb is. USE TempDB GO EXEC sp_helpfile GO ----------------------------------------------------------- Then run the below scripts USE master GO ALTER DATABASE TempDB MODIFY FILE (NAME = tempdev, FILENAME = 'd:\tempdb.mdf') -- new location of tempdb data file GO ALTER DATABASE TempDB MODIFY FILE (NAME = templog, FILENAME = 'd:\templog.ldf') -- new location of tempdb log file GO ---------------------------------------------------------- Stop the database instance Start the Database and agent sequentially then run this script again check whether the file destination is okay or not. USE TempDB GO EXEC sp_helpfile GO Check whether changed or not.