https://community.sophos.com/on-premise-endpoint/f/sophos-enterprise-console/122650/move-sophospatch-ldf-mdf-filesI am using SQL Server Management Studio. Which Sophos services do I need to stop to be able to release these 2 files and then detach move files and then attach again Many thanksen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.sophos.com/thread/446155?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 01 Sep 2020 07:39:17 GMT4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:1bc7241a-6448-43fa-9508-374bd5c35420Shweta<p>Hi <a href="/members/paul-digby">Paul Digby</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>We recommend to take a backup of the database before&nbsp;making any changes and then stop the following services(if they exist):&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Sophos Management Service</li> <li>Sophos Management Host Service</li> <li>Sophos Encryption Business Logic Service</li> <li>Sophos Patch Server Communicator</li> </ul> <p>Kindly check <a title="https://community.sophos.com/products/endpoint-security-control/f/sophos-enterprise-console/82485/old-sophos-sql-ldf-and-mdf-files" href="/products/endpoint-security-control/f/sophos-enterprise-console/82485/old-sophos-sql-ldf-and-mdf-files" target="_blank">this old thread</a> for a similar issue and see if it helps you. Also, <a title="https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000033781?language=en_US" href="https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000033781?language=en_US" target="_blank">this article</a> describes the best practices to follow for SQL server database.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>