SHRINKDATABASE And LOG File
Oct 22, 2004Hi all, after using "DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (MyDB, TRUNCATEONLY )" command my log file stoped growing. It still remains 1024KB after 4-5 days of activity. What might be the problem?
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SHRINKDATABASE.....
Nov 27, 2007I want to shrink the log file in SQL Server 2005 (SP2).
What is the bestway in 2005? Any enhancements in SQL Server 2005?
Thank you,
Smith
Shrinkdatabase Questions
Feb 26, 2002I just inherited a database nightmare - and I've got a few questions I hope you folks can help with.
I ran a shrinkdatabase command from the enterprise manager (I should have used DBCC I realize now), and then my session died. The process is still going - but this is a huge database, and I'd like to know how long it will run. Is there any way to translate physical io (or anything else) to % complete?
This is being run to open up space on a disk array that is completely full. However, since kicking that off, additional storage has mysteriously been made available. <sigh> I assume that killing the shrink wouldn't involve rollbacks - but might leave the database in an unpredictable state. Is this correct?
Any other recommendations to speed this along? And, yes, I've got all the users off the system.
Thanks in advance for you insights...
Bart
DBCC Shrinkdatabase
May 1, 2000Does anyone have any idea how long DBCC SHRINKDATABASE takes to run? I have a 20GB database with 10.5 GB used. I know hardware is part of the equation, but I don't know the specifics of the machine this particular DB is on, other than it is an 8 cpu compaq.
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Nov 27, 2001Hi:
Need to shrink a few large databases and has anyone had more success with using DBCC Shrinkfile compared to DBCC Shrinkdatabase?
Thanks,
Dbcc Shrinkdatabase
Sep 10, 2003When using the above comand on our database, I receive the error:
Transaction (Process ID 81) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction.
Is that because we have users in the database as Im trying to shrink it ?
I re-ran the query and received the same messages.
thank you
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Sep 28, 2006I've been testing this in our test environment. Our database has grown to 18GB so I want to make it smaller.
I used
DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (dbname, TRUNCATEONLY)
because i want to free up space that the file takes up on the server. Am I misunderstanding this? Should I not expect my .mdf to shrink?
Thanks.
DBCC SHRINKDATABASE
May 12, 2008Hi,
should i use the SHRINK DATABASE maintenance plan once a month on all USERS DB?
if so what parameters should i put this the "Shrink Database when i grows beyond XXX MB" and the "Amount of free space to remain after shrink"
THX
DBCC SHRINKDATABASE
Feb 15, 2006Hi,
I have strange problem:
1) When I run "DBCC SHRINKDATABASE" (from my application) on computer with SQL Server 2000, it works fine.
2) When I run "DBCC SHRINKDATABASE" (from my application) on computer with MSDE that is connected the network with other computer with SQL Server 2000, it works fine.
3) When I run "DBCC SHRINKDATABASE" (from my application) on computer with MSDE that isn't connected the network, it stops response. I have wait for 15 minuts but it still doesn't work, neither the database is clear before. Why?
4) Also when I run "DBCC SHRINKDATABASE" (from my application) on computer with MSDE that is connected the network without other computer with SQL Server 2000, it stops response. I have wait for 15 minuts but it still doesn't work, neither the database is clear before. Why?
May be the "DBCC SHRINKDATABASE" need some DLLs that installed on SQL Server 2000 only and doesn't deliver with MSDE? May be this is SQL-DMO or/and SQL-NS?
My appliation created by C# in VS.NET 2003. I am using OLEDB.
Thank's
Alexei
Shrinkdatabase Progess
Jul 28, 2007Hi there,
How can I see the progress of DBCC SHRINKDATABASE on SQL Server 2000?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
MKarumuru
DBCC SHRINKDATABASE
Jun 15, 2006Has anyone used the
"DBCC SHRINKDATABASE"
in a VB.NET project to shrink a DB.
If YES,
Please, if you dont mind, paste the code in this forum.
Tnx
DBCC SHRINKDATABASE Duration
Nov 8, 2006Is there anyway to tell how long this will run for -- or how far it has got? I have a large database that has just had most of the data removed. The command has been running for 8 hours and I have just stopped it to let something else run quickly. Any way of telling how much longer it will take?
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Mar 17, 2008Hi all,
2 weeks ago I deleted about 200GB of data from a 300GB+ database. It's a custom DB we want to use to test few things. We wanted a smaller size DB for our testing and since we didn't have any we grabbed a production backup, removed sensitive data and ran a large archiving script on it... Anyway so far so good but our data file was still the same size as before.
So we started a shrinkdatabase... it has been running for 2 weeks now! After about 1 week I interrupted the shrinkdatabase process and ran a
dbcc shrinkdatabase('DB', truncateonly)
just to see if the data file will get reduced a bit or not. It did get reduced by about 20GB. I assume that
dbcc shrinkdatabase('DB', 0)
has free up enough pages at the end of the data file so a truncateonly was able to free up some space... Anyway after this we started the
dbcc shrinkdatabase('DB', truncateonly)
again... still running...
The database was never shrank before and every index is highly fragmented... Is that why it's taking so long? Am I actually going to have to wait for another few weeks before that thing finishes??
Anyone has experience running shrink on large DBs?
thanks!
Advice On DBCC SHRINKDATABASE
Mar 3, 2008
Hi everyone:
I have a database that appears like it's much bigger than it should be. Looking at its properties in Enterprise Manager, it's 13GB big, but it says 7GB is available in free space. It's like it's grown, data was deleted, and it was never shrunk back down.
So I'm considering running a DBCC SHRINKDATABASE but am worried about the ramifications. Here are my concerns:
- Is the data in the database in any danger? Is the SHRINKDATABASE function safe?
- Can SHRINKDATABASE be run with the DB still in use? I'll run it after hours, but want to know if I need to put it in admin mode
- Will SHRINKDATABASE even do what I want?
- I've read the SHRINKDATABASE can fragment indexes. Is this true? If yes, how do I avoid it?
Thanks!
Norm
HELP: Shrinkdatabase Not Freeing Unused Space
Feb 7, 2002I am working with a large database that has its tables stored on a secondary filegroup. I'm trying to shrink the size of the files but I can't seem to get the system to free up the unused space. I've tried shrinkdatabase and shrinkfile both with and without the truncateonly option. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a workaround? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Cathy
Tran Log Backup Conflicts With Shrinkdatabase?
Apr 2, 2008Hi:
I have maintenance plan on DBABC backup log to .trn job to run every 90 minutes (daily).
in order to keep the log file small, I also set up a job (T-SQL) to run at 4:15 am to backup log ABC with truncate_only, then run dbcc shrinkdatabase (DBABC, 10)
it looks "backup log ABC with truncate_only" has conflicts with the every90 minutes backup transaction log.
Question: could I keep the backup transaction log every90 minutes, but still could shrink the log file. The log file is growing very fast.
Or I have to use differential backup instead of backup tran log?
thanks
David
How To Capture Results Of A DBCC SHRINKDATABASE?
Feb 28, 2008So, basically I'm trying to do an insert into exec(dbcc shrinkdatabase)
Code Snippet
DECLARE
@SQL VARCHAR(1024)
,@DBName VARCHAR(512)
SET @DBName= 'admin'
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#ShrinkDB') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #ShrinkDB
CREATE TABLE #ShrinkDB
(
DbId INT
,FileID INT
,CurrentSize BIGINT
,MinimumSize BIGINT
,UsedPages BIGINT
,EstimatedPages BIGINT
)
SET @SQL=
'
INSERT INTO #ShrinkDB
(DbId,FileId,CurrentSize,MinimumSize,Usedpages,EstimatedPages)
EXEC(''DBCC SHRINKDATABASE(' + @DBName + ')'')
'
EXEC(@SQL)
SELECT * FROM #ShrinkDB
and receive the following:
Cannot perform a shrinkdatabase operation inside a user transaction. Terminate the transaction and reissue the statement.
I've tried adding a begin tran and commit tran around it, doesn't help ...
Is there any way around this? Is there any other way to capture the output of a shrink database from a procedure perspective?
Thanks
Dbbs Shrinkdatabase Execution Times?
Oct 26, 2007Hi guys,
I identified a problem today with one of our development DB's where tempororary tables were not being cleaned up by some stored procedures, and this lead to a large tempdb size (about 2 gigs data and a translog of 25 gigs!).
I'm currently running a dbcc shrinkdatabase on it, but its been running for over an hour now. In my experience with smaller DB's, this process normally takes a few minutes. Can anyone give me a ballpack figure as to how long I can expect this to run for? Are we talking an hour, a few hours, a day, a few days?
Thanks in advance
Matt
Before Full Backup Is It Ok Running DBCC SHRINKDATABASE
Apr 16, 2008
Hi
I have a full backup Job in SQL Server2000 server(designed by some body).
Step1.DBCC SHRINKDATABASE
Step2.DBCC SHRINKFILE -->It is shrinking log file
and
BACKUP DATASE()
Is it OK Shrinking Database and log files before full backup..
Your advice is appreciated.
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1. Does the index rebuild, index reorg, update statistics and db integrity check commands all use the log file?
2. Does Indexs Reorg have less impact on log file then Index Rebuild?
3. Should a truncate log and shrink log file be performed after these maintenance commands?
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Hello World,
I'm new to SSIS and would like a little assistance getting started, if possible...
Here is what I want to do:
Check if file exist (C:DTS UpgradeFilexxx.txt) --->
Archive file (C:DTS UpgradeArchive) --->
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AND/OR
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2 MMM NULL 23
3 MMM NULL 14
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Then after this is finished, I saw all the files in the package folder are refreshed one after another, after the first round of refresh the second round starts, after the second round finishes it then stopped. I saw it refreshes itself because the 'Date Modified' of the file changes. And I saw the script task turned green.
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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Public Class ScriptMain
Public Sub Main()
Dim cm As ConnectionManager = Dts.Connections.Add("FTP")
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Dim folderNames() As String
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Else
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End If
Next
End If
ftp.Close()
End Sub
End Class