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  • sanath.kumar.kura (11/26/2012)


    Hi All,

    The log file is grown to five times the database size.

    Transaction Log file size 3.1GB

    Database file size is 700 MB

    Recovery Model : Full

    backup strategy : Daily full database backup, transaction log backup for every 1 hour.

    Even after this the transaction log had grown upto 3.1 GB. So could you please suggest me other than shrinking the log files regularly can i set any other option.

    Note:

    a)The recovery model of the database to be FUll cannot be changed to Simple

    b) Log backup freuency was 4hours so i had changed it to 1 hour.

    verified the log_Reuse_stats.... on query got Log_Backup

    I am not sure what other options i need to set, so that i can stop shrinking the file regularly.

    Regards,

    Sanath Kumar

    i would increase the frequency of your transaction log backups from 1 hour to every 30 mins.

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