Sql-server – How to restore MSDB database

Follow the directions in this article. It has to do with the suspect database caused by a missing or new device. I hope this helps.

If that doesn't work, you will have to recreate the MSDB database yourself.

1. Detach the damaged msdb. You can't just detach msdb because you're not allowed to detach system databases. However, you can if you start the server with trace flag 3608. I did this by shutting down the server, navigating to the directory 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Binn' and doing the following: start sqlservr.exe -c -T3608
2. Move or rename the damaged msdb files (msdbdata.mdf and msdblog.ldf in the 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data' directory)
3. Run the instmsdb.sql script in the 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Install' directory
4. Shutdown and restart the server without the 3608 trace flag

No need to restore to a scratch server, you can restore it to something like you say (MSDB_old) and do a query to get your job back:

USE msdb_old
SELECT * FROM sysjobs
JOIN sysjobsteps ON sysjobs.job_id=sysjobsteps.job_id
WHERE sysjobs.NAME='My Lost Job'
ORDER BY sysjobsteps.step_id

You'll have to restore

• the entry in sysjobs
• each entry in sysjobsteps related to the above entry in sysjobs
• entries in sysjobhistory if you want history back
• entries in sysjobschedules to get your schedules back

EDIT: Here's a script that should do it in SQL 2005 and 2008 (assuming your job was called "My Lost Job" and you restored to MSDB_Old)

DECLARE @JobID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
SELECT @JobID = job_id FROM msdb_old.dbo.sysjobs WHERE NAME='My Lost Job'

INSERT msdb.dbo.sysjobs
SELECT * FROM msdb_old.dbo.sysjobs
WHERE job_id=@JobID

INSERT msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps
SELECT * FROM msdb_old.dbo.sysjobsteps
WHERE job_id=@JobID

SET IDENTITY_INSERT msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory ON
INSERT msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory
    (instance_id,job_id,step_id,step_name,sql_message_id,sql_severity,
     [message],run_status,run_date,run_time,run_duration,operator_id_emailed,
     operator_id_netsent,operator_id_paged,retries_attempted,[server])
SELECT
    instance_id,job_id,step_id,step_name,sql_message_id,sql_severity,
    [message],run_status,run_date,run_time,run_duration,operator_id_emailed,
    operator_id_netsent,operator_id_paged,retries_attempted,[server]
FROM msdb_old.dbo.sysjobhistory
WHERE job_id=@JobID
SET IDENTITY_INSERT msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory OFF

INSERT msdb.dbo.sysjobschedules
SELECT * FROM msdb_old.dbo.sysjobschedules
WHERE job_id=@JobID