• Most likely the active portion of the log is at the end of the file.

    Try a few 'fake' operations (create a table, populate it and then drop it) interspaced with log backups and checkpoint and try again to shrink.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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