• imSQrLy (8/17/2011)


    If you do find that you have too many vlogs in your tlog how can you reduce the number of vlogs.What comes to mind is set the database to simple, shrink the tlog, set to full and then resize the tlog appropriately. Is there a more direct way and if not, does the way i outlined work?

    I support a lot of systems that have databases for our software but we do not manage the databases. Many database start out with the default 1MB default log size with 10% auto growth. I would expect these sites would be susceptible to the problems described with large numbers of vlogs.

    Don't set the db to simple or you'll break the log chain. If your db is full or bulk, take a tran backup and then shrink/resize the log.