Question

I have some offline databases on a SQL server. I would like to know which files on disc are related to these databases. Is it possible to retrieve the file list of offline databases without taking them online first?

Answer 1

This will give you a list of all physical file paths related to any offline databases, along with database name and file type:

SELECT
'DB_NAME' = db.name,
'FILE_NAME' = mf.name,
'FILE_TYPE' = mf.type_desc,
'FILE_PATH' = mf.physical_name
FROM
sys.databases db
INNER JOIN sys.master_files mf
ON db.database_id = mf.database_id
WHERE
db.state = 6 -- OFFLINE