DR Solution - Log Shipping and Transaction Log Backups

  • Hi there - I need to design a DR solution. We have multiple 1TB databases which have a full daily and transactional backup every 15 mins.

    If I set up log shipping will this effect the transaction log backups i.e. does log shipping perform a checkpoint which will impact data loss?

    Our full backups run for over an hour, whilst these are running I would still like the log shipping to happen, will this still be the case?

    Thanks!

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  • If you implement log shipping, those MUST be the only log backups running against that database

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • Ok, thanks. Are there any techniques to get around this?

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  • It's not something to get around. It's how log backups work. When you implement log shipping, it must replace any current log backup job. Otherwise neither the log shipping nor the normal log backups will work.

    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

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • Ok, thanks.

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