SQL Server - Enabling FileStream after a DB has been created

From http://brianseekford.com/wordpress/?p=509


If you still get FILESTREAM feature is disabled. check the 'running values' of your server and you'll probably still see it is disabled even if you enabled it.

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You can fix it by enabling filestream here too (under Sql configuration manager).

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Then you need to run

EXEC sp_configure filestream_access_level, 2

RECONFIGURE


To add FS support to existing database just create a new filegroup, then add the fs file;

alter database YourDatabase
add filegroup fsGroup contains filestream;
go

alter database YourDatabase
add file
  ( NAME = 'fsYourDatabase', FILENAME = 'c:\<your_file_path>'
   )
to filegroup fsGroup;
go

More here: BOL Link

And definitely read everything Paul Randal has written about filestream: link

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