3417

Product

Name

Event ID

3417

Event Source

MSSQLSERVER

Component

SQLEngine

Symbolic

Name

REC_BADMASTER

Message

Text

Cannot recover the master database. SQL Server is unable to run. Restore master from a

full backup, repair it, or rebuild it. For more information about how to rebuild the master

database, see SQL Server Books Online.

can’t start the

database. If the

or

databases can’t be brought

online, SQL Server can’t run. This error is typically preceded by other errors. Review error logs

for those errors to find the root cause.

This error may be encountered during an upgrade of SQL Server to a Cumulative Update or

Service Pack. The upgrade scripts may fail due to an underlying issue and may cause the

database to not recover. Again the underlying cause is to be found in the latest SQL

Server error log prior to this message.

Restore backup of the master database. Or rebuild the

system databases

followed by

attaching or restoring the remaining databases (

, user databases,

, etc.)

If you see this error during an upgrade failure, refer to

Troubleshoot common SQL Server

Cumulative Update installation issues

and error 912 -

MSSQLSERVER_912.

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