The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Appendix A: Configuring FILESTREAM on a SQL Server InstanceUntil the instance is restarted, the FILESTREAM-enabled databases can be queried usingT-SQL (both relational and FILESTREAM data), but no longer using the streaming APIs.Access using the streaming APIs is disabled immediately because the file share is removed.The restart is required because SQL Server has to take offline any FILESTREAM-enableddatabases on the instance. Following the service restart, any FILESTREAM-enableddatabases will not be accessible. You will be able to see the databases in the SSMS ObjectExplorer (Figure A-16), but you will not be able to establish a connection to them.Figure A-17:Inaccessible FILESTREAM-enabled database in Object Explorer.If we now try to run a query on a FILESTREAM-enabled database, we will get an errorsimilar to the one shown in Listing A-4.SELECT *FROM NorthPole.dbo.items/*Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Line 1Database 'NorthPole' cannot be opened due to inaccessiblefiles or insufficient memory or disk space.See the SQL Server errorlog for details.*/Listing A-4:Error message showing FILESTREAM-enabled database is inaccessible.480