InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comFri, 24 May 2013 21:28:26 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1382464-1550-1.aspxIf you're not taking log backups for point-in-time restore capability, why is the DB in full recovery model in the first place?Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:11:51 GMTGilaMonsterhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1382464-1550-1.aspxI recommend you read Paul Randal's blog about backup myths: http://sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/post/A-SQL-Server-DBA-myth-a-day-(3030)-backup-myths.aspx30-05) a full or differential backup clears the log No. A log backup includes all the log since the last log backup - nothing can change that - no matter whether that log was also backed up by a full or differential backup. I had a famous argument on Twitter last year and wrote this blog post as proof: Misconceptions around the log and log backups: how to convince yourself. In the FULL or BULK_LOGGED recovery models, the *only* thing that clears the log is a log backup. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:03:01 GMTGeorge M Parkerhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1382464-1550-1.aspxA full backup doesn't backup the transaction log, you need to take regular transaction log backups to make the log re-usable and stop it from growing out of control.Managing Transaction Logs - [url]http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/64582/[/url]Stairway to Transaction Log Management - [url]http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/73776/[/url]Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:47:22 GMTanthony.greenhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1382464-1550-1.aspxI have a database that process a lot of transaction late at night. It is set to full recovery mode. Every night I do a full backup of the database, but the log file does not empty out. It just continues to grow and never seems to release old transactions after a backup. As a quick fix, which i don't like, I will temporarily switch recovery mode to simple->truncate log file->set recovery mode to full->then full backup of database. Any ideas why the transaction log does not empty out after a full backup and continues to grow?thanksThu, 08 Nov 2012 06:39:11 GMTngreene