Rrrrright.. so because backups are online, SQL Server will include some transactions with the backup file so that when the DB is restored, it is in the state as it was at the point the backup was complete. Have I understood this correctly?
Also, by shrinking the LDF, I'm telling SQL Server to give back the OS the extra space. Now that's in simple recovery model, and as long as the transactions are not more than the size I allocated now, my LDF will not grow as SQL Server will reuse the space.
am I talking gibberish?
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