Database In Recovery Pending

| State | Recoverable | User Access | Typical Fix | |----------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------------------| | Recovery Pending | Yes (often) | No | Fix file/permissions → restart SQL | | Suspect | Partial | No | Emergency mode or restore | | Offline | Yes | No | ALTER DATABASE ... SET ONLINE | | Normal / Online | N/A | Yes | N/A |

Sometimes the issue is temporary, such as a drive that wasn't ready when the SQL service started. database in recovery pending

ALTER DATABASE YourDB SET EMERGENCY; ALTER DATABASE YourDB SET SINGLE_USER; DBCC CHECKDB (YourDB, REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS); ALTER DATABASE YourDB SET MULTI_USER; | State | Recoverable | User Access |