SQL Server 2012 cannot copy Database

Question

I am working with SQL server 2012. I want to copy a database along with all the data. I just want to create a dev DB.

I know SQL Server 2012 has a Copy Database... wizard. But when I run that wizard, I get an error on the last step:

On error, it tells me that error log in inside a text file on the shown path. When I go to that path, there is no such file there.

Can anyone please help me with this?

Answer 1

I had to do it the other way. I created an empty DB and used import wizard to import all the data and the schemas. This worked without any error. But I still don't know why the Copy Wizard didn't work.

Answer 2

检查事件日志，如果您使用备份和还原模式，请将其更改为分离和附加模式。

Answer 3

The file path is relative to the server. This is because the copy database wizard (CDW) creates a SQL Agent job to do the work. The file is the execution log for the agent job.