What does it mean when a SQL database is in recovery?

What does SQL in recovery mean?

Whenever there is a restart of SQL Server, all databases would undergo “Recovery” process. This is the stage where the database has to come back online in a consistent state. There are three sub-phases with-in the process. Discovery, Roll forward and Rollback.

How long does SQL database recovery take?

No user action is required. SQL Server took 1802 seconds approximately 30 minutes to recover this database. It might take longer depending on the work SQL Server to do to bring database in a consistent state after recovery.

How do you stop a SQL Server database from being recovered?

You cannot stop recovery. You need to wait until it finishes. Since you restarted the server in the middle of a rollback, the server is now doing the rollback in "recovery" mode. You also cannot stop "rollback".

What is recovery mode in SQL Server?

A recovery model is a database property that controls how transactions are logged, whether the transaction log requires (and allows) backing up, and what kinds of restore operations are available. Three recovery models exist: simple, full, and bulk-logged.