I came across a SQL 2008 RTM installation where Enterprise Manager would not cleanly open due to MSDB data and logs being missing. It seems that running instmsdb.sql would recreate the db and I saw several suggestions for doing so for SQL 2005 and
for SQL 2008 R2 and later. However, the best info for SQL 2008 says that this procedure is not supported by Microsoft for SQL 2008.
Any ideas why it wouldn't be supported when versions on both sides do support it? Apparently the MSDB has been missing for several months (at least) and no backup is available.
Thanks