Can't Change The Auto Growth Option On My Database
Aug 3, 2007
I'm currently using SQL Server 2005. Before I have set my database on unrestricted auto growth. But today, I have noticed that the Log file has been set to limit its growth to 2,097,152 MB. I have 160GB space for my log files, I just want to maximize the space for logs in my hard drive.
When I try to change the settings back to auto growth it still keeps on returning to its previous setting it is still set on 2,097,152 MB. What I did was :
Right Click on the Database - Properties - Files - Click the (...) - set the auto growth option to unrestricted - Click Ok
But when I checked log file, it is still set on 2,097,152MB.
Can some one help me change the settings of my Database.
Dynamic Log File Growths Remaining alarm becomes active when a non fixed size log file in any database is in danger of running out of space to grow. It is raised when a log file is almost full and the file cannot automatically grow enough to relieve the problem.
We have our databases with Enable Autogrowth (in Megabytes), and then a Maximum File Size (Limited to a MB value).
Example: If one of the database logs (or possibly filegroup primary) picks up another extent and is about 5 extents (arbitrary value) away from running out of growth room, an alert would be sent to an email address/profile.
P.S. Yes, there are multiple databases on this one instance and the script should loop to run through all of them.
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insert into DB_Growth (Database_Name, Logical_File_Name, File_Size_MB, Growth_Factor) exec (@l_sql_string)
fetch next from db_name_cursor into @l_db_name end close db_name_cursor deallocate db_name_cursor select * from DB_Growth with (nolock) if object_id('DB_Growth') is not null drop table DB_Growth set nocount off set ansi_warnings on return
insert into DB_Growth (Database_Name, Logical_File_Name, File_Size_MB, Growth_Factor) exec (@l_sql_string)
fetch next from db_name_cursor into @l_db_name end close db_name_cursor deallocate db_name_cursor select * from DB_Growth with (nolock) if object_id('DB_Growth') is not null drop table DB_Growth set nocount off set ansi_warnings on return
insert into DB_Growth (Database_Name, Logical_File_Name, File_Size_MB, Growth_Factor) exec (@l_sql_string)
fetch next from db_name_cursor into @l_db_name end close db_name_cursor deallocate db_name_cursor select * from DB_Growth with (nolock) if object_id('DB_Growth') is not null drop table DB_Growth set nocount off set ansi_warnings on return
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