- SQL SERVER SA ACCOUNT LOCKED OUT 2008 UNLOCK PASSWORD
- SQL SERVER SA ACCOUNT LOCKED OUT 2008 UNLOCK WINDOWS
You can use any method as described in first step Here is how it would look on sqlcmd command prompt.
sp_addsrvrolemember = N’BUILTIN\Administrators’, = N’sysadmin’
SQL SERVER SA ACCOUNT LOCKED OUT 2008 UNLOCK WINDOWS
You may want to tweak this as per your needs because I am adding all local admin as sysadmin which is not a good practise.ĬREATE LOGIN FROM WINDOWS WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE =ĮXEC master. Here is the script I normally use to add local administrator group as a part of SysAdmin group in SQL Server Instance.
SQLCMD ensures that only SQLCMD program can connect to SQL Server when its running in single use mode. Many times, when you start SQL Server in single user mode, application grabs connection before you could. You might notice that I have use SQLCMD after m. Go to its properties, “Advanced”, click on drop down at “Startup Parameters” and add -mSQLCMD as shown below Locate the service which you have stopped earlier.I prefer command line but its your choice. You need to use start-up parameter m to start SQL Service in single user mode. Use Services console and locate the SQL instance you want to stop.Use SQL Server Configuration manager and stop the SQL service.Net Stop MSSQLServer (for default instance) / Net Step MSSQL$ If you want to know instance name, refer my earlier blog.Stop the SQL Server Service using ANY of below command.Steps to login to SQL Server as System Administrator. If you don’t have that also then you may want to check with your windows team to get access (I am not a windows guy) To log into SQL Server as SysAdmin, you need to have Local Administrator permission on the windows which is hosting SQL Server. This is documented and completely supported way to gain back the rights. Okay, here is the step by step guide to add any account as System Administrator of SQL Server. User does not have permission to perform this action. ()įor help, click: ((KJ_RTM_GDR).110422-1901+)&EvtSrc=.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Add+member+ServerRole&LinkId=20476 I know, you would say “don’t you think I have tried that as I got this error!”Īdd member failed for ServerRole ‘sysadmin’. So, what should you do now? Answer is simple, get yourself added as System Administrator. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15151)Īll error messages appear because your account is not a System Administrator of SQL Server Instance. ()įor help, click: ((KJ_RTM_GDR).110422-1901+)&EvtSrc=.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Change+password+Login&LinkId=20476Ĭannot alter the login ‘sa’, because it does not exist or you do not have permission.