Primary SQL Server 2008 r2
Secondary SQL Server 2008 r2
Secondary Database Default locations;
Data: D:\SQLData
Log: L:\SQLLogs
From the primary server I'm setting up log shipping to a secondary server (letting the wizard create secondary database), for some reason the secondary database files (MDF & LDF) are created in D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA even though the default Data & Log location says to create them in another location.
Does anyone know why this happens? or how to tell sql to use the default data & log locations?
I know the work around is to manually create the secondary database prior to setting up the log shipping (or move the databases after the fact). I'm worried that this step might be forgotten when a new database is added to the primary and needs to be log shipped to the secondary.