I had a database that’s comprised of different file groups and log files spread out among different hard drives. I have recently upgraded the database to SQL 7.0 on a RAID 10 volume. I would like to consolidate all the file groups and files as well as various log files into one primary datafile and logfile. How do I do that? Thanks in advance.
View 2 RepliesHi my database .ldf (log file) size is very big. How can I decrease the size of it?
Thanks.
I am using SQL 7, SP1 / NT 4. The .LDF file has grown to 1.1GIG; I ran a DBCC SQLPerf(LogSpace), the used portion of the log is 2%. When I run a DBCC Shrinkdatabase and DBCC Shrinkfile, the log file does not reduce in size. How do I get the virtual log files that are not active released back to the system? Is there a way to tell if all the virtual log files are active, therefore, not reducing the size of the file? Any help is greatly appreciated.......
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi all,
I know this topic has been discussed in the past, but I still don't quite get it. So please be patient with me
database size created with automatically growth of 10% with unrestricted file growth.
database size = 5 Gb used 4.5 GB (taskpad)
transaction log=8GB used 54MB (taskpad) 7.5 GB free
database run in FULL mode
full backup nightly, transaction log backup every 30 min
What should I do to free up the space that are not used in the transaction log.
Thanks for your help.
Database log of my DB is around 2GB.The database is using FULL recovery option.I want to reduce the file size of the log cause it takes up a lot ofspace.I'd do a full database backup, then backup the transaction log as well.... both backup performed with a check on the option "clear inactiveentries from transaction log".But after I backup, the database log is still 2GB.What should I do to reduce the database log file size?Should I use?:==============================Dump Tran databaseName with no_logDBCC shrinkdatabase(databaseName, 30)==============================Is that safe to be used in production server?Peter CCH
View 14 Replies View Relatedhi, i'm a newbie in SQL Server and have recently setup a test SQL 7 server. I used all the defaults at the beginning, and now the MDB file is about 500MB and the LDF file is of similar size.
i'm still trying to figure out how to reduce the size of the transaction log file. Currently I only have full backup of the database once a week, and there is no backup for transaction log.
as of this moment, the transaction log is of not much use to me, but I really want to get it reduced as i'm running out of disk space.
and i'd also greatly appreciate if someone could suggest a good DBA practice on the proper setup/handling of transaction logs (how to balance the disk-space usage AND be able to use the transacton logs for proper roll-over during a recovery process).
i'd soon be setting up a SQL 7 server where about 10 active users are expected at any one time. I've read that the transaction log file should be about 40% to 50% of the estimated size of the database file, and should be allowed "auto-grow". So what happens if the more space is required by the transaction logs? Does a full-backup purge the transaction logs (like the way they do in Exchange Server)?
Thanks!
Hi,
My transaction log file's physical size has exceeded 2GB. How can I reduce that?
Is there any way by which this file size can be controlled?
We have a database which was created with an initial file size of 10 gig. Currently it is only using 2 gigs.
We have developers that want to have a copy of the database on their desktops, but do not have 10 gigs free space.
What is the best way to get them a copy of the database while reducing the footprint?
My Database plan is as follows:
Full Database backup every night, Full recovery mode.
T-Log backups , every 4 hours.
both are appended to media,
there are no active transactions,
but Log file will not shrink or reduce in size.
what would you suggest.
Thanks,
HELP !!! I have a 1.2GB transaction log that I cannot reduce. I have tried SHRINKFILE, SHRINKDATABASE, restoring the file into a new data base, etc. The log file is only using 15MB and will not release the remainder to the OS
Any and all suggestions would be helpful
Thanks, Chad
Hi.. We have a MSSQL application and the DB file (not the log file) seems getting bigger over this few year and right now you are running almost out of space. May I know how does the other company deal with this kind of situation?
i am sure other company data is getting bigger as well and it has been longer time than ours. How to deal with it ?
I have issue with my DATA file ( MDF) .. The usage is 99.87% for database DB1 . File size is 3 GB . How do I reduce it ?
I have tried to shrink it by changing the recovery from FULL to SIMPLE and set it back to FULL .
I notice the index Defragmentation is high ..
Can I change the Initial Size into 1 GB for example ?
I am working on SQL Server 2008 and there is a problem in my SQL Server log file. I am seeing this from last 8 days, my log file size increasing continuously while i have set it on Simple Recovery model. Is there any method from which I can reduce the size of my log file and also I want to know, how the Recovery models affect to the size of a log file?
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Is it possible to reduce the file size of an image when the user uploads it into a sql server image field.
i.e Crush it from 500K to less.
Regards,
RG
I have one of our production Accounting Databases starting from 2 GBnow grown into a 20 GB Database over the period of a few years...I have been getting timeouts when transactions are trying to updatedifferent tables in the database.. Most of the error I get are I/Orequests to the data file (Data file of the production dbAccounting_Data.MDF).I would like to implement the following to this Accounting database.I need to split the Data file into multiple files by placing some ofthe tables in different file groups. I have the server upgraded to beable to have different drives in different channels. I can place thesedata and log files in different drives so it will be less I/Oconflicts..I would like to have the following file groups..FileGroup 1 - which will have all database definitions (DDL).FileGroup 2 - I will have the AR Module tables under here..FileGroup 3 - I will have the GL module tables under here..FileGroup 4 - I will have the rest of the tables under hereFileGroup 5 - I will like to place the indexes under here....Also where will the associated transaction files go?I would like to get some help doing this. Is there any articles / helpavailable that I can refer to. Any suggestions / corrections/criticisms to what I have mentioned above is much appreciated...!Thanks in advance....
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In my server .mdf is 370 MB and .ldf is 3739 MB. I took the full backup. I want to reduce the size of the .ldf file. Can anyone suggest me how to reduce the log file size.
Thanks in advance,
Seenu. S
If you have a SAN, is there any real benefit to breaking out large tables into file groups?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am looking to find out when to use file groups when backing up. When should you use this, what's the benefit over just doing a full db backup? Is it better when you are dealing with large db's?
Also this question has been on my mind for a while. Why shouldn't you shrink the db after every full backup? What is the negative in doing so?
Thanks
Hi everyone,
When I do the following, did I put the files in Test1FG1 file group to the default file group(Primary) ?
ALTER DATABASE Test1
MODIFY FILEGROUP Test1FG1 DEFAULT
GO
Thanks
Hi everyone,
While creating our database in only one disc(C or D), suppose that we create more than one file group in order to group our data files. However, in this situation; I wonder that whether it brings any benefit or advantage to us.
Also, I wonder that why we always have to put our data file into separate file group if we use separate discs for data files. Is not it allowed to use only one file group even if we use separate dics ?
Would you explain these to me ?
Thanks
How to list all the file groups
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am currently converting some Oracle scripts to SQL Server. Encountered this following code segment in a CREATE TABLE query :
CONSTRAINT ck_PK PRIMARY KEY ( O_ID) USING INDEX TABLESPACE DIRECT PCTFREE 10 STORAGE ( INITIAL 65536)) TABLESPACE DIRECT PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 STORAGE ( INITIAL 65536 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1)
what is the equivalent conversion in SQL Server. Is it just ON PRIMARY in the PRIMARY KEY clause ?? Are the Segments and Extents in Oracle equivalent to Filegroups in SQL Server.
Appreciate your help
Something strange.I have a database(SQL2000) with two file group(on seperate physicaldrives).One is meant for table data[PRIMARY] and one for indexes [INDEX].So i create a table on the [PRIMARY] file group, and fill indata.Next I build a clustered index on the table, on the [INDEX] filegroup.Once the index is built, the database now indicates that the filegroupfor the table [INDEX]! and not [PRIMARY] as i originally set it up for!My question it then: Has the table been moved or is this somehow anerror in SQL server?I would really appreciate any thought anyone might have on this?
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how can i transfer my already user created tables from primary group to newly created file group.
I will be doing some performance testing on financial application nextmonth. Without going into a lot of details, I suspect I will have apotential bottleneck when writing to the log file.My hardware setup is a quad 2.8 Xeon Dell server direct attached to aDELL/EMC CX200 (Fibre channel array with 10 X 30something GB, 15,000rpm drives, with about 1GB of memory on the array for caching.This is a benchmark environment, so I am not concerned about loosingdata. I am looking for a little guidance on using raid (0 or 10)and/or file groups to spread IO to db objects (log file(s), data,indexes, tempdb, etc). I have read about and played with file groupsenough to know that SQL server does some level of load balancingacross file, but am unclear it is in parallel or serialized.Common wisdom seems to be to separate data, non-clustered index, logs,and tempdb onto separate files, but I am unclear on how to make bestuse of the high-speed disk array. I'd greatly appreciate opinions onwhich would perform better; one file on a stripe set of N drives (raid0 or 10), N files in a file group placed on N (non-striped) drives, ora combination of the two? Is the answer the same for both log and data(or index) files?Thanks,-Bernie
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am looking for the easiest way of rebalancing data across multiple files.
Instead of creating a secondary filegroup and then dropping and recreating all indexes in the database which is going to take ages (we have a lot of tables and indexes), I am trying to just add more files to the primary file group and then rebalance data evenly between these.
I guessed that adding the new files to the primary file group and then rebuilding all indexes on a table should redistribute the table over these multiple file groups evenly. This is not the case though. It does rebalance data a bit but I still end up with the majority on the first file that existed.
I have attached the script I am running, maybe it is something in the create database/file statements that is the issue.
Basically what I am seeing is to start off with the table is 160MB. I then add the file groups and rebuild all indexes on the table. The first file is then about 100MB and each of the three other files are about 20MB. I would expect them all to be the same size.
We have a large Datawarehouse and the size is 50TB.. The tables are placed in filegroups based on the schema like fact, dimensions, raw data each sit on seperate filegroups. I am thinking will it make sense to seperate the large facts which are having billions of rows so that they reside on filegroups on their own..
View 9 Replies View RelatedI would like to SELECT all filegroup on an SQL server instance, is that possible?Or only per database?
View 21 Replies View RelatedHi All,
I am facing a peculier problem. Problem definition goes like this,
I have one staging DB in which all the tables resides in Primary file and one production DB in which tables resides in 2 secondary files.
Now when iam trying to load the data from the table A in staging which is on primary file to the table A1 in production DB which in secondary file, all the data are going to error log instead of table A1.
Can you please tell me, where am i going wrong.
Regards,
Chetan
We have recently added a new file group and file on a new drive. We have tested it by moving a small table to the new file group. We would like to relocate a new table to this file group but the table is about (we estimate) 75GB. My question is this: How long can we expect the transfer of data from the current file group to the new one for this table? I understand that depending on our hardware the answer may vary but does anyone have a rough estimate?
The current current (primary) file is located on a DELL SAN and the new secondary group is on a EMC 4700 both are connected via fiber channel.
Also a bonus question would be: Does a "normal" database backup created as a maintenance plan backup the seconary data as well into the BAK file?
Like I said a rough estimate is fine.
Many thanks,
Scott
Hello,
I am building partitiong tables, partitioning on different file groups:
the question is:
Partitioned table referred to old data that are not frequent accessed for reporting can be stored on separate location(External storage, tape and so on) or to make partitioning functioning must all file groups must be presents?
If not, how can I separate old data from current ones (still using partitioning) to reduce the size of DB?
What it is the best for storage data and easy to access it when needs arise (eg reporting): Tape, external storage, others?
Thank
I have a new SQL 2005 (SP2) Reporting Services server to which I've just upgraded and deployed some SSRS 2000 reports.
I have a subreport that contains a matrix with two groups. The report data seems to be inexplicably repeating the data for the first row in the group for all rows in the group. Example:
ID1
ID2
DisplayData
1
1
A
1
2
B
1
3
C
2
1
A
2
2
B
2
3
C
Parent group is on ID1, child group is on ID2, report would show:
1
1
A
2
A
3
A
2
1
A
2
A
3
A
Is this a matrix bug in 2005 SP2, or do I need to do something differently? I can no longer pull a comparison version from an SSRS 2000 server to verify, but I believe it was working as expected before...
When the database is configured for mirroring and you want to do partitioning on that database, How can we do? Is this similar process or any variation there while adding file groups and files? The partition will reflect in the mirroring database also?
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