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Aug 23, 2015

We are using Sql server 2012. One of our production database has hight no of vlfs. We are planning to shrink the logfile to reduce the no of VLFs but the database is configured for logshipping.

What is the effect of logshipping when you shrink the logfile?

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SQL 2000 EE, win 2k3, sql 8.00.2187



Logshipping was working fine till last Friday...Looks like there was a cluster node failover during the weekend on the Secondary SQL cluster....From that time, restore log is not working, I am able to see all the log backup files are being copied to the secondary server...its no the transaction log backup share missing problem......I see this message:



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CHECKPOINT

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EXEC('DBCC SHRINKFILE ('+@DB+'_log, 1, TRUNCATEONLY)')

CREATE TABLE t2 (char1 char(4000))

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BACKUP LOG PBDSSTEST TO PBDSSTESTLOGBACKUP

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In the maintenance schedule that runs every night

1 Do a full backup to disk
2. Do a transaction log backup to disk
3. run the following TSQL

USE [MyDB];
GO
ALTER DATABASE MyDB
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GO
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GO
ALTER DATABASE MyDB
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GO

4. Backup disk files to tape.

however it doesn't work !! the TLOG file does not shrink, even though its the same as the manual job that I run?

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: SQLISPackage
Event Category: None
Event ID: 12291
Date: 13/12/2007
Time: 00:50:10
User: NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM
Computer: ALGSQL1
Description:
Package "MyDB_FULL_BACKUP" failed.
For more information, see Help and Support Center

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Hello,

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then

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I receive the following info:

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I'n a bit tense using a

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code:
====
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