![]() The log file will be the same size, but should be almost empty: Wait a few seconds and then go refresh the Disk Usage report. Right-click the database>Properties>OptionsĬhange the recovery model to Simple and click OK Warning: Doing this WILL cause you to lose point-in-time recoverability, but if you cannot backup the log, you are pretty much already there anyway. Step 5: Flip the Recovery Model (if log backup is not possible) If you don’t have enough room on any local, attached or network drive to create a log backup, even with compression, keep reading: Check out the “Wrapping Up” section at the bottom of this post. If the Log Backup works, but the space is not freed (refresh the usage report), you have a different issue that these steps will not help with. I’m not going to go into a ton of detail here….Right-click the database>Tasks>Backup Change the backup type to Transaction Log and work through the rest of the steps. Under Shrink Action, choose an appropriate size and ‘Reorganize pages before releasing space” option, even though log file shrinks don’t actually do that. Right-click the database>Tasks>Shrink>FilesĬhoose ‘Log ‘ from the File Type drop down. If the log file is huge and mostly empty, you simply need to shrink to an acceptable size. If the log shows almost or completely full AND the huge size, you need to backup. ![]() Right-click the database, go to reports, standard reports, disk usage. If you are backing up and the file still grew to ridiculous size…it may have just been a one time thing and you can deal with that easily. Verify if the log file is actually full or not. ![]() Step 2: Verify if the log is full or “empty” If you are in Full, you have the option of backing up the log…which is the best possible situation. You will see Full, Bulk-Logged or Simple. Right-click the database, go to properties, click the Options tab. ldf file is backed up (or checkpointed if you are in Simple Recovery). These are logged and stay there until the. Next to that, it could be that you had a massive transaction happen such as a huge data import, rebuild all indexes, etc. The most common one by far is that the database is in full recovery model, and Transaction Log backups are not happening fast enough, or not happening at all. There are a number of reasons a log file can fill to extreme sizes. If you don’t like video, scroll down for text: If you like video, I recorded my response to this question and discuss the two most common remedies. It is also very common for it to be accompanied by applications that won’t work, alerts firing for drive space issues, etc. LDF file filling up my 500GB drive? I only have 100MB of data!!?!?!? Why am I getting error 9002?įor new or non-DBAs, this is a very frustrating situation without a logical reason (or so it seems). The single most common question I have encountered in 18+ years of working with SQL Server: Pluralsight courses for new SQL Server DBAs Do you need our help? Or our DBA retainer service for emergencies?
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