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Posted Friday, March 15, 2013 2:17 PM
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Hi All,
I have a database which is mirrored and the log grew to about 50GB due to log backup being failed, so the steps I am doing now is taking a full and log backup manually just to be safe.
My question is this:
Would I be able to shrink the log file after taking log backup? or it won't let you shrink since mirroring in place?
In order to fix this issue, do I need to break the mirroring and reconfigure from scratch? Please advise.
Thanks,
SueTons.
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I personally never tried shrinking the log of a mirrored database. If you can, perhaps you could set this up on a test server and see what happens.
I'd be interested in knowing.
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Lynn Pettis (3/15/2013)
I personally never tried shrinking the log of a mirrored database. If you can, perhaps you could set this up on a test server and see what happens.
I'd be interested in knowing.
After taking full and log backup, I see 99% free space on log file, but when I try to shink it, it's not working. I thought it should truncate the inactive logs after logbackup\shrink are done. I am not sure since mirroring is in place, it might not allowing this? Your thought.
SueTons.
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I thought it should truncate the inactive logs after logbackup\shrink are done.
Just like any other database in full recovery, the logs are truncated (marked as reusable) when a log backup is run. Truncating doesn't mean shrinking. If you want to do a once-off shrink of the principal's log, you can use DBCC ShrinkFile, as normal.
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When you say not working, not really sure what you mean. Is it just not doing it or are you getting an error message?
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Also, you may have to take one or two more t-log backups. If it isn't shrinking, it could be that the active log is at the end of the log file.
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I thought it should truncate the inactive logs after logbackup\shrink are done.
Just like any other database in full recovery, the logs are truncated (marked as reusable) when a log backup is run. Truncating doesn't mean shrinking. If you want to do a once-off shrink of the principal's log, you can use DBCC ShrinkFile, as normal.
Yes, I was doing DBCC Shrinkfile, and I did couple of log backups before I saw the free space....however, when I run DBCC Shrinkfile, it was running without any errors, but nothing is happening.
So, is there is any known factor with SQL server 2005 with mirroring, the shrink won't work?
SueTons.
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If the (or an) active VLF is at the end of the log file, the file will not shrink. All I can suggest is keep trying after each log backup.
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Lynn Pettis (3/15/2013)
If the (or an) active VLF is at the end of the log file, the file will not shrink. All I can suggest is keep trying after each log backup.
Cannot shrink log file 2 (DatabaseName_Log) because all logical log files are in use.
(1 row(s) affected)
DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.
What exactly this means?
SueTons.
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Exactly what it says, all logical log files are in use, so there are no empty ones. No empty VLFs = no shrink.
Check log_reuse_wait_desc in sys.databases for why the log is not being reused.
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