SQL Server: Database stuck in “Restoring” state

Question

I backed up a database:

BACKUP DATABASE MyDatabase
TO DISK = \'MyDatabase.bak\'
WITH INIT --overwrite existing

And then tried to restore it

Answer 1

I have got the MyDbName (Restoring...) case because of SQL Express licensed limit.

In the log file, I found this:

CREATE DATABASE or ALTER DATABASE failed because the resulting cumulative database size would exceed your licensed limit of 10240 MB per database.

So if you are trying to restore a bigger database, you need to switch your SQL Express server to Developer edition for instance.