Remove Database Mirroring (SQL Server)
Applies to: SQL Server
This topic describes how to remove database mirroring from a database in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL. At any time, the database owner can manually stop a database mirroring session by removing mirroring from the database.
In This Topic
Before you begin:
To remove database mirroring, using:
Follow Up: After Removing Database Mirroring
Before You Begin
Security
Permissions
Requires ALTER permission on the database.
Using SQL Server Management Studio
To remove database mirroring
During a database mirroring session, connect to the principal server instance, in Object Explorer, click the server name to expand the server tree.
Expand Databases, and select the database.
Right-click the database, select Tasks, and then click Mirror. This opens the Mirroring page of the Database Properties dialog box.
In the Select a Page pane, click Mirroring.
To remove mirroring, click Remove Mirroring. A prompt asks for confirmation. If you click Yes, the session is stopped and mirroring is removed from the database.
Using Transact-SQL
To remove database mirroring, use the Database Properties. use the Mirroring page of the Database Properties dialog box.
To remove database mirroring
Connect to the Database Engine of either mirroring partner.
From the Standard bar, click New Query.
Issue the following Transact-SQL statement:
ALTER DATABASE database_name SET PARTNER OFF
where database_name is the mirrored database whose session you want to remove.
The following example removes database mirroring from the
AdventureWorks2022
sample database.ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2022 SET PARTNER OFF;
Follow Up: Removing Database Mirroring
Note
For information about the impact of removing mirroring, see Removing Database Mirroring (SQL Server).
If you intend to restart mirroring on the database
Any log backups taken on the principal database after mirroring was removed must all be applied to the mirror database before you can restart mirroring.
If you do not intend to restart mirroring
Optionally, you can recover the former mirror database. On the server instance that was the mirror server, you can use the following Transact-SQL statement:
RESTORE DATABASE database_name WITH RECOVERY;
Important
If you recover this database, two divergent databases with the same name are online. Therefore, you need to ensure that clients can access only one of them-typically the most recent principal database.
Related Tasks
Remove the Witness from a Database Mirroring Session (SQL Server)
Establish a Database Mirroring Session Using Windows Authentication (SQL Server Management Studio)
Establish a Database Mirroring Session Using Windows Authentication (Transact-SQL)
Example: Setting Up Database Mirroring Using Certificates (Transact-SQL)
See Also
Database Mirroring (SQL Server)
Setting Up Database Mirroring (SQL Server)
Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server)