Restore Company-Database

Hello Everyone
How can i restore a database,i tried using SQL Server.But even if it is restores in the database,it doesn't show up on the company list where we can select it.Please help me.
Thanks and regards
Raghu

Dear Raghu,
1st Step : Copy the mdf file and logfile ie., _log.ldf of the source db
2nd step : Create a new db in sql by new name eg. abc
3rd Step : Right click that new db named abc and choose task and bring offline
4th step : rename the backup of the source file as abc.mdf and log file as abc_log.ldf
5th step : Copy this 2 files in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data
6th step : bring the db to online
7th step now you can open SAP there you can the new company created as abc
hope this helps you.
Regards
Narayanan

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    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 35 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 34 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 33 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 32 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 31 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 30 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 29 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 28 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 27 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 26 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 25 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 24 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 23 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 22 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 21 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 20 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 19 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 18 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 17 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 16 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 15 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 14 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 13 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 12 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 11 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 10 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 9 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 8 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 7 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 6 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 5 found to restore
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    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 3 found to restore
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    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 43 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 42 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 40 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 39 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 38 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 37 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 36 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 35 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 34 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 33 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 32 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 31 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 30 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 29 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 28 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 27 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 26 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 25 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 24 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 23 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 22 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 21 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 20 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 19 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 18 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 17 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 16 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 15 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 14 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 13 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 12 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 11 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 10 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 9 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 8 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 7 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 6 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 5 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 4 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 3 found to restore
    RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 2 found to restore
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    BP Key: 4898 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20100224T200037
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    Piece Name: /u03/oracle_backups/ORADB1/offline/ORADB1_level0_set_4930_piece_1_date_20100221_711578189
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    BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
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