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ServiceMasterKey.Recover Method

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Recovers a service master key, in case the service master key has been changed external to SQL Server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Recover ( _
    oldAccount As String, _
    oldPassword As String _
)

public void Recover (
    string oldAccount,
    string oldPassword
)

public:
void Recover (
    String^ oldAccount, 
    String^ oldPassword
)

public void Recover (
    String oldAccount, 
    String oldPassword
)

public function Recover (
    oldAccount : String, 
    oldPassword : String
)

Parameters

  • oldAccount
    A String value that specifies the old account that was used to open the service master key.
  • oldPassword
    A String value that specifies the associated password for the account that was used to open the service master key.

Remarks

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Use an SMO Method with a Parameter in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

ServiceMasterKey Class
ServiceMasterKey Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Encryption
Encryption Hierarchy
ALTER SERVICE MASTER KEY (Transact-SQL)