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A Script A Day - Day 20 - User Database VLF Count

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Today’s script will execute DBCC LOGINFO for all user databases.  This is a script I use to monitor the number of Virtual Log Files (VLF’s).  Kimberly Tripp has a great article on VLF’s here.
/*
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      User Database VLF Count
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*/
-- Set database context
USE master;
GO
-- Declare variables
DECLARE @DatabaseName VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @MinDatabaseID INT
DECLARE @MaxDatabaseID INT
DECLARE @SQL VARCHAR(200)
           
-- Check for temporary table and drop it if it exists
IF OBJECT_ID('tempDB.dbo.#Database') IS NOT NULL
    DROP TABLE [#Database] ;
-- Create temporary table
CREATE TABLE #Database
    (
      ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
      DatabaseName VARCHAR(100)
    )
       
-- Check for existing user databases
IF EXISTS ( SELECT  name
            FROM    sys.databases
            WHERE   database_id > 4
                    AND name NOT IN ( 'ReportServer', 'ReportServerTempDB',
                                      'distribution' ) )
    BEGIN
            -- Insert all database names into a temporary table
        INSERT  INTO #Database ( DatabaseName )
                SELECT  name
                FROM    sys.databases
                WHERE   database_id > 4
                        AND name NOT IN ( 'ReportServer', 'ReportServerTempDB',
                                          'distribution' )
                                                
            -- Set variables for the loop            
        SELECT  @MinDatabaseID = MIN(ID),
                @MaxDatabaseID = MAX(ID)
        FROM    #Database
            -- Begin loop
        WHILE @MinDatabaseID <= @MaxDatabaseID
            BEGIN
                        -- Get databaseName
                SELECT  @DatabaseName = DatabaseName
                FROM    #Database
                WHERE   ID = @MinDatabaseID
           
                        -- Build command
                SET @SQL = 'DBCC LOGINFO(' + '''' + @DatabaseName + ''''
                    + ');'
           
                        -- Try Catch block to execute SQL and handle errors              
                BEGIN TRY
                              -- Execute SQL
                    EXEC ( @SQL
                        )
                    PRINT 'DBCC LOGINFO RUN FOR ' + @DatabaseName
                END TRY
                BEGIN CATCH
                    SELECT  @DatabaseName,
                            message_id,
                            severity,
                            [text],
                            @SQL
                    FROM    sys.messages
                    WHERE   message_id = @@ERROR
                            AND language_id = 1033 -- British English
                END CATCH
           
                        --Get the next databasename ID
                SET @MinDatabaseID = @MinDatabaseID + 1    
                  -- End loop
            END
    END
GO
Enjoy!
Chris

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