We have a 30+GB database, this database has some files in SQL and some files in another application.

We would like to implement the followings, if it is possible:

1- Take database offline
2- Commit everything
3- Copy .mdf and .ldf files to SAN
4- Snap copy everything from San
5- Take database online.

My questions here are:

1- Can we restore from the copy files we will place into SAN?

2- Can you commit transaction logs without doing backup?

I read http://forums.databasejournal.com/sh...ghlight=rename
Article but I am not sure if this would apply here for the restore part.

anam