Question

Problem occuring while performing Mirroring

SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, Database mirroring

Hi,
I underwent the following Steps for creating a mirror in sql server 2005.
1. Downloaded and isntalled sp2 in principal,mirror as well as witness servers
2. Created a new database named it as FinalMirror
3. Right clicked on the database Tasks-backup-BackupType--Full--Ok created FinalMirror.bak
4. Right clicked on the database Tasks-backup-BackupType--Transactional Log--Ok created FinalMirror-Transaction Log Backup

5. Copied this finalmirror.bak from my system to the Mirror Server. It was stored in the Principal server in the following location
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Backup

6. Right click on Mirror Server Database--Restore Database --Manually wrote down the ToDatabase
7. Selected from device and selected the added the copied backup file
8. Performed a restore --select the relevant backup--checked the checkbox on restore
9. On the left panel selected the Options and choosed NO RECOVERY
10.performed mirroring and for witness unchecked the "encrypt option"

Mirroring created
but............
in the Mirror server the database is shown as FinalMirror(In Recovery)

i cannot open it .

where am i going wrong
please help

regards
cmrhema

That is the way it is supposed to be. The database on the mirror server can not be accessed as data is being fed into it in real time. If you need to access the database, you can try creating a snapshot of the database. This will be a static read only copy of the mirror database, but it should work for your needs.