Duplicate instances

On one box Enterprise Manager is indicating a second instance â' . (Windows
NT)â' , in addition to the default instance, â' (local) (Windows NT)â'. This
second instance was not installed, It just appeared. The MSSQL directory
indicates the presence of only one instance. Databases, and security
configurations are identical in structure and information between the two
instances. Has any one seen this happen? Would you recommend deleting the
â'Ghostâ' instance. Any ideas welcome. Thanks to everyone for being there to
help. SQL 2000 SP4.coenzyme wrote:
> On one box Enterprise Manager is indicating a second instance â' . (Windows
> NT)â' , in addition to the default instance, â' (local) (Windows NT)â'. This
> second instance was not installed, It just appeared. The MSSQL directory
> indicates the presence of only one instance. Databases, and security
> configurations are identical in structure and information between the two
> instances. Has any one seen this happen? Would you recommend deleting the
> â'Ghostâ' instance. Any ideas welcome. Thanks to everyone for being there to
> help. SQL 2000 SP4.
>
You can safely delete either one - registrations in EM have no effect on
the actual instances that are running.
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||Thanks Tracy. It's a real comfort to know there's experienced people like you
who are willing to help.
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:
> coenzyme wrote:
> > On one box Enterprise Manager is indicating a second instance â' . (Windows
> > NT)â' , in addition to the default instance, â' (local) (Windows NT)â'. This
> > second instance was not installed, It just appeared. The MSSQL directory
> > indicates the presence of only one instance. Databases, and security
> > configurations are identical in structure and information between the two
> > instances. Has any one seen this happen? Would you recommend deleting the
> > â'Ghostâ' instance. Any ideas welcome. Thanks to everyone for being there to
> > help. SQL 2000 SP4.
> >
> >
> You can safely delete either one - registrations in EM have no effect on
> the actual instances that are running.
>
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com
>

Duplicate instances

On one box Enterprise Manager is indicating a second instance “ . (Window
s
NT)” , in addition to the default instance, “ (local) (Windows NT)”.
This
second instance was not installed, It just appeared. The MSSQL directory
indicates the presence of only one instance. Databases, and security
configurations are identical in structure and information between the two
instances. Has any one seen this happen? Would you recommend deleting the
“Ghost” instance. Any ideas welcome. Thanks to everyone for being there
to
help. SQL 2000 SP4.coenzyme wrote:
> On one box Enterprise Manager is indicating a second instance “ . (Wind
ows
> NT)” , in addition to the default instance, “ (local) (Windows NT)”
. This
> second instance was not installed, It just appeared. The MSSQL directory
> indicates the presence of only one instance. Databases, and security
> configurations are identical in structure and information between the two
> instances. Has any one seen this happen? Would you recommend deleting the
> “Ghost” instance. Any ideas welcome. Thanks to everyone for being ther
e to
> help. SQL 2000 SP4.
>
You can safely delete either one - registrations in EM have no effect on
the actual instances that are running.
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||Thanks Tracy. It's a real comfort to know there's experienced people like yo
u
who are willing to help.
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:

> coenzyme wrote:
> You can safely delete either one - registrations in EM have no effect on
> the actual instances that are running.
>
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com
>

Dual Instances In onSQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager

I am working on a site's SQL Server 2000 database on a W2k3 machine . I went into Enterprise Manager and saw that their database resides on a named instance. I did not see the default instance listed so I registered that using windows authentication. I noticed that the default instance had a user database that had the same name as the user database on the named instance that I was to work on. I looked at the properties of the databases and saw that on both the default and named instances of SQL Server that the Data Files and Log Files for the user database point to the same location.

Is this a problem? Can anyone see any issues with this? Does this mean that someone can simply connect to the named or the default instance of the SQL Server and connect to the same database?

Kirk

That is the not possible if one instance is already using those database files, then the other instance will not be able to use or even attach the database. Try to refresh the Databases pane of Enterprise Manager on the both the instances