Extreme wait-time when taking a SQL Server database offline

Question

I\'m trying to perform some offline maintenance (dev database restore from live backup) on my dev database, but the \'Take Offline\' command via SQL Server Management Studio is

Answer 1

I tried all the suggestions below and nothing worked.

1. EXEC sp_who

2. Kill < SPID >

3. ALTER DATABASE SET SINGLE_USER WITH Rollback Immediate

   ALTER DATABASE SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE

   Result: Both the above commands were also stuck.

4 . Right-click the database -> Properties -> Options Set Database Read-Only to True Click 'Yes' at the dialog warning SQL Server will close all connections to the database.

Result: The window was stuck on executing.

As a last resort, I restarted the SQL server service from configuration manager and then ran ALTER DATABASE SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE. It worked like a charm