I have seen a couple of cases where an error occurs on a server running SQL Server 2005, and very quickly the log folder at MSSQL.1MSSQLLOG starts filling up with files, and does not stop until the entire hard drive is full (at which time the server stops responding). Is there any way to limit the number of .dmp files that are written?
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I'm having a problem with one of our ddbb because we didn't run the maintenance plan from the beginning. The thing is that the hard drive is out of space and the log files are around 100GB. We only have 20MB free. Do you think that is space enought to run the maintenance plan or the shrink command??
Thanks very much!!!
When looking at SQL Server error logs, I noticed that the current error
log had grown to 1MB whereas most of the files are only a few KB.
QUESTION 1: Can I set the max size for an error log file? If so, how?
QUESTION 2: If not, is there a workaround?
Thanks
I've been through the forum and read a number of threads on people's DBs not growing and the answer usually is they don't have auotmatically grow data file. Unfortunately I have this on, but when I look at the properties of the database it reports the space available is 0.00 MB? Up until about two weeks ago I was showing appx 48% space utilization. When I ran an SP to show growth, it tells me that it was expanded by 20% yesterday, but SQL Server is still telling me the space available is zero.
The log file is also set for auto growth. The DB is 14.5 GB in size and the drives still have around 92 GB of space.
Has anyone experienced this before? Any ideas? Does anyone know of an SPs that can give me detailed info on internal data file size compared to stated size (i.e. wasted space in data file)? Is SQL Server doing something funny in the way it is seeing the database or data files individually? Any help is appreciated.
Q1: Any way to control which db loads when, and perhaps stop this error from happening? Again- when all is said and done, the report server functions, and I am able to access just fine.
Q2: What kind of recovery is being referred to? Given the message type- I assume it's nothing of concern- probably more to do with a system that doesn't run all the time.
Okay- so I get these two event messages each time I boot.
Below are two error message I see daily with each system boot- the services mentioned do "actually" function, and are running- as not 10 seconds after these messages are logged, the successfully loaded messages appear. It's almost as if report services tries to connect before the databases are up and running.
Basically the sequence (today) was:
1. 05:49:01 Failure Audit (MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS)
2. 05:49:01 Error (Report Server Windows Service (SQLEXPRESS)
3. 05:49:02 Recovery is complete. (EventID 3408 MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS)
4. 05:49:06 Starting up database 'ReportServer'
5. 05:49:09 Server Resumed execution (MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS)
I'm assuming based on the events that Report Server Service attempts to connect to the ReportServer database before it's actually started. Doesn't really explain the failure audit-
1. Failure Audit:
Event Type: Failure Audit
Event Source: MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
Event Category: (4)
Event ID: 18456
Date: 8/9/2007
Time: 05:49:01
User: <MACHINENAME><LOCALUSER>
Computer: <MACHINENAME>
Description:
Login failed for user '<MACHINENAME><LOCALUSER>'.
[CLIENT: <local machine>]
This is almost immediately followed by this (which I consider a no-brainer, considering the above):
2. Error:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Report Server Windows Service (SQLEXPRESS)
Event Category: Management
Event ID: 107
Date: 8/9/2007
Time: 05:49:01
User: N/A
Computer: <MACHINENAME>
Description:
Report Server Windows Service (SQLEXPRESS) cannot connect to the report server database.
Hello,
I'm running a long and heavy query. during the running the log file of the DB is growing more than 20 GB and i'm running out of disk space consequently. Is there a way to restrict the log file size without demaging my query?
Thanks.
We still have some Legacy 2000 DTS packages running on our 2005 Server. The DTS packages have been configed to save the logs on the 2005 SQL server. We can manually look at the logs in 'msdb.dbo.sysdtspackagelog' and 'msdb.dbo.sysdtssteplog' table but I am looking for some GUI tools so our tech support can view the package logs without writting a query.
In 2000 Enterprise Manager, you can right click on a DTS package and select 'Package Log...' and then a nice GUI window will show up for you to browse through all the dts logs. I just can't find this tool in 2005 Server Management Studio for Legacy DTS packages. If I right click on a Legacy DTS package, all the option I get are 'Open, Migrate, Export, Delete, Rename, Refresh'... Since the log tables are still the same, I am wondering if there is anyway I can use that 2000 DTS log viewer in 2005?
Thanks.
Hi All.I'm currently maintaining 4 servers - 1 for public/customers and 3for backups, development, etc...I regularly backup the entire SQL database for our public server andrestore it on each of the other servers. Lately, however, the databasebackups have grown (in size) incredibly fast - they've gone from about200MB to 2+ GB in 2 months. (I wasn't entirely surprised by this atfirst since our client traffic has drastically increased as well.) Theweird thing, though, is that (on two of the backup servers) when Irestore the backup then use those servers to create a new completebackup, the new backup is only about 200-300 MB in size.My assumption is that there's some kind of setting buried deep insidethe sql configuration allowing it to compress or otherwise alterbackups. Does anyone have any ideas/thoughts as to what may be causingthis issue?We're using SQL Server 7 on Windows 2000 servers.Thanks in advance.GreggJoin Bytes!
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a publisher database set up for a merge replication. This is using parameterized filter with join filters.
I also have a stored procedure that does deletes & inserts on the table where the parameterized filter is applied to aid in changing a subscriber's eligibility to receive so and so data. I have observed that running the stored procedure takes extraordinarily long and as a result, the log file grows to a size 1.5 - 2.5 times the database size.
At first I reasoned that this might because I had it set up to use precomputed partitions and changing it requires recalculating the partitions. As a test, I turned off the precomputed partitions. Didn't work. I turned on "optimize synchronization" AKA "keep_partition_changes", which normally is not available when you have precomputed partition on, and that didn't work, either.
At this point, I think I can rule out precomputed partitions being a problem here but I'm stumped now what else I should do to reduce the amount of log writes being required. We do need the parameterized filters & join tables, so that can't go.
Is it possible to dynamically grow a data file for TempDB?
I have some TSQL that I want to execute (this is raw tsql, not something I'd typically share) when I get an alert that TempDB is growing.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @TempDB TABLE (FileID tinyint, name varchar(50), size bigint)
DECLARE @TotalSize decimal(19,4), @TotalFiles int, @CurrentTempDBSize bigint, @SQL varchar(1000), @DBName varchar(50)
SET @SQL = ''
INSERT INTO @TempDB
[code]....
ENDThe code runs fine, but doesn't actually increase the size of the file.
Hello experts. I have been searching for anything about this but found very little. What are the events logged in SQL Server Error Logs aside from Successful/Failed Login, Backup/Restore/Recover database and, start/init sql server? Can we configure this to log other events, like CREATE or DBCC events for example? If so, how? Thanks a lot.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've been trying to get a definitive answer to this question but alas I have conflicting and patchy answers so far from other sources. I have an index that, lets say, requires 10GB of data space to rebuild..This index resides on a filegroup that spans 2 files on two seperate drives (i.e. a mdf and ndf)
When I rebuild this index how will each of these datafiles grow as the rebuild proceeds to completion? Lets for the time being remove the caveats of any other activity hitting the example index/database in question.My tests seem to show that only the mdf will grows (or the file with the lowest id in the that filegroup) provided there is enough space available in that particular file to complete the operation. The secondary ndf dat file doesnt grow at all if the mdf has enough space.
Is expected behavior? i.e. the index will be rebuilt in a contiguous manner relative to the files contained with the filegroup i.e. fileid 1 will grow till limit reached then next fileid grows etc?
I am currently trying to export from SQL to notes via NotesSQL.I have set up the necessary ODBC data sources & DTS job. I am encountering errors when I attempt to execute the DTS package . I.e "job failed"
- How do I drill down to aquire more detailed error logging on the package to find out exactly what's wrong with DTS?
Thanks
Paul
When I'm in EM, there is one log that when I click on it to view it hangs my EM. All other logs (current and others) I can click and view just fine. I'm on my way out to the server to see the log in the file directory but what could cause this?
Thanks..
Is there another way to restart the SQL Error Log without shutting down and restarting the MSSQLserver service?
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How can i create an error log txt file for the jobs at the sql2005? the same like it was in the 2000.
many thanks
I created a package in SSIS, and used the SQL Server Agent to run the package. I get an error 'Package Execution Failed' everytime I run it throught the SQL Server Agent.I don't get an error if I run the package from SSIS.
I right-clicked in 'Control Flow' and clicked Logging to add a new log. After I re-run this again in the SQL Server Agent, where do I go to find the error log?
OS: Windows 2012 Enterprise
SQL Server: 2012 Enterprise
I was wondering if there is any way all SQL Server error log entries could be automatically written to Windows Event Log.
I have recently uncovered a problem we are experiencing with SQL Server 6.5 Service Pack 4 (Don't ask) and wonder if anyone has seen this before, and maybe has a solution.
When viewing an errorlog either current or historic, via either enterprise manager of xp_readerrlog, occassionaly the network connection is dropped and the process runs out of control. The process is unkillable, as it is in a 'Critical Section' and does not respond to kill. The real problem is that the process is logging millions of errors of the form "...cannot send results to the front end..." at a rate of around 1GB / hour.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
BP
I was under the impression or i always got following entries in SQL Agent error log when server restart and there are some entries in sql error log as well which confirms that server restarted. but today when i was checking error log i saw same entreis in SQL agent error log but there were no entries in server error log. now i got really confused whether my server is restarted or not........... because if it is restarted then there must be some messages in server error log.....
can some one please let me know when and why following messages appear in SQL Agent Error Log
Information,[171] There are 9 alert(s) in the alert cache
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (9) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (8) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (7) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (6) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (5) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (4) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (3) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (1) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Warning,[425] delay_between_response attribute (10 sec) of alert (2) is less than poll interval for this alert (20 sec)
Information,[170] Populating alert cache...
Information,[168] There are 3 job(s) [0 disabled] in the job cache
Information,[297] SQLServer Message: 0<c/> SQLServerAgent Monitor started successfully. [SQLSTATE 01000]
Information,[133] Support engine started
Information,[167] Populating job cache...
Information,[110] Starting SQLServerAgent Monitor using '' as the notification recipient...
Information,[193] Alert engine started (using Eventlog Events)
Information,[146] Request servicer engine started
Warning,[396] An idle CPU condition has not been defined - OnIdle job schedules will have no effect
Information,[174] Job scheduler engine started (maximum worker threads: 800)
Information,[129] SQLAgent$XYZ starting under Windows NT service control
Error,[364] The Messenger service has not been started - NetSend notifications will not be sent
Information,[124] Subsystem 'ANALYSISCOMMAND' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 800)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'ANALYSISQUERY' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 800)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'QueueReader' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 800)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'Merge' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 800)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'Distribution' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 800)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'LogReader' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 200)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'Snapshot' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 800)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'CmdExec' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 80)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'ActiveScripting' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 80)
Information,[124] Subsystem 'TSQL' successfully loaded (maximum concurrency: 160)
Information,[432] There are 10 subsystems in the subsystems cache
Information,[431] Populating subsystems cache...
Information,[339] Local computer is ABC running Windows NT 5.2 (3790) Service Pack 1
Information,[310] ** processor(s) and **** MB RAM detected
Information,[103] NetLib being used by driver is DBNETLIB.DLL; Local host server is ServerName
Information,[102] SQL Server ODBC driver version 9.00.2047
Information,[101] SQL Server ABC version 9.00.2047 (0 connection limit)
Information,[100] Microsoft SQLServerAgent version 9.00.2047.00 (x86 unicode retail build) : Process ID 8100
Error,[298] SQLServer Error: 2812<c/> Could not find stored procedure 'msdb.dbo.xp_sqlagent_notify'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (DisableAgentXPs)
Hi Everyone,
I am very new to Integration Services and need some help on how to capture any errors generated in the SSIS package when executed. Any idea how I can accomplish this?
Thank You
-Sam
How can a person view the error logs without being an sa?
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I want to see my sql executive error log but it grown like anything.
How i have to trucate my error log. I cannot stop my server now.
i am getting following message. and also suggest me what i have to do not to grow like this means 56.01 mb size.
The sql executive error log is 56.01 mb in size and loading it will consume considerble memory and may take several minutes to complete.
Now i want to see my executive error log , pls tell me what i have to do.
--rk
The SqlServer2000 error logs go to Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMssqlLog directory by default.
How can I change their location. I could change SqlServerAgent logs but did not find any help or way to change the location of these. Would anyone please help?
Thanks
Vinnie
how to write a error logs in notepad in sql server 2008
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In my case I have to log the errors raised by any task in a package to either windows event log, text file or SQL server. Also I need to send an email notifications to a group of people telling them about the error.
Now can I use SSIS package logging for logging the errors into the required destinations. I mean right clicking on the package and selecting Logging, then adding the required log providers and enabling the events for logging into those. I think I have to upfront select the log providers to log the error, I will not have the liberty to log the error to the destination, the name of which is passed as a variable to the package. This is okay with me though.
Now what will a custom log provider help me to do in this case. Also can I somehow configure my package to call the send mail task everytime an error is raised.
Also, one more option can be developing a package that only does the error handling. It will take in the paramters or the error codes and descriptions, the destination to write to and a flag to send mail or not for that particular type of error.
What do you think? Kindly advise.
Thanks in advance for your help and time.
Regards,
$wapnil
Hi All! Looking for some help with SQL errors.
We are using SQL 2005. Our server has been failing (service just stops responding) several times a week. We don't have a DB admin, just me, the developer, so please be patient.
I can view all the errors in the existing trace through the Profiler, but not sure how to follow error to query source.
How do you use the trace logs to find the problem query?
I have two significant errors in my logs. One is Hash Warning and the other is Missing Join Operand. I'm not interested in the general causes of these types of errors, that info has been easy to find.
I don't know how to link or otherwise associate a particular instance of an error in the trace logs to the query that caused it to determine the query that is causing the trouble.
The traces are already on the server. I've never created a new trace. I believe they are generated automatically by the server...
Can someone shed some light on how these existing traces are being generated and how I can modify them to include the data I need? When I open an existing trace on the server and view the properties, events tab, there appears to be no way to select the column "TextData" (no checkboxes) for the two errors we are seeing (listed above).
If the TextData column for the errors will allow me to see the offending query, can someone please tell me how to enable that column in my traces that are currently being generated on the server?
Thank you!
Drew
I am trying to install the SQL7 server, at the end of the installation before
rebooting the server I got the following error:
"Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and cnfgsvr.out for more information". I have not seen that error before. I cannot install the SQL7 because I always get the same message. Your help would be very appreciate helping me to solve this problem.
Thanks.
I have scheduled a database backup at 9 pm and 5 Transaction Log backups. The transaction Log backups happen at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm (device does not get initialized) and one at 11 pm where i initialize the backup device. now i have another server with the same database on it. I restore these backups on to this server by simple copying the files and then doing Restore ...From Device...Add file...option. I am able to restore the DB backup but when i try to restore the log backups it get the error msg -
'Specified file 'G:...' is out of sequence. current time stamp is Feb 9 2000 3:54 pm while dump was from Feb 9 2000 3 pm.'
When i am restoring the logs i start from the 1st backup buyt still i get this error. Can someone pls let me know what the problem is and how to resolve it. Thanks.
What is best practise for what this number should be?
I have seen guidance saying set to a number greater than 25000, but not from any source I particularly know or trust. (I checked SANS, NIST-CIS and the NSA, but I couldn't find anything.
I'm currently receiving the following error message whilst attempting to install SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition on Windows Server 2003 (32 Bit):
Error 29528. The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Installing performance counters. The error is: The system cannot find the file specified.
This server already has an install of SQL Server 2000 as the default instance. I'm attempting to install a new named instance of SQL Server 2005.
Extract from log:
<Func Name='LaunchFunction'>
Function=Do_sqlPerfmon2
<Func Name='GetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='GetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='0'>
Doing Action: Do_sqlPerfmon2
PerfTime Start: Do_sqlPerfmon2 : Tue Jun 12 10:20:02 2007
<Func Name='Do_sqlPerfmon2'>
<EndFunc Name='Do_sqlPerfmon2' Return='0' GetLastError='2'>
PerfTime Stop: Do_sqlPerfmon2 : Tue Jun 12 10:20:02 2007
MSI (s) (4C:FC) [10:20:02:833]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=Rollback_Do_sqlPerfmon2.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,Description=Removing performance counters,)
<EndFunc Name='LaunchFunction' Return='0' GetLastError='0'>
MSI (s) (4C:FC) [10:20:02:849]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=Rollback_Do_sqlPerfmon2.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,ActionType=1281,Source=BinaryData,Target=Rollback_Do_sqlPerfmon2,CustomActionData=100Removing performance counters200000DTSPipelineC:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90DTSBinnDTSPERF.INI)
MSI (s) (4C:FC) [10:20:02:849]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=Do_sqlPerfmon2.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,Description=Installing performance counters,)
MSI (s) (4C:FC) [10:20:02:849]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=Do_sqlPerfmon2.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,ActionType=1025,Source=BinaryData,Target=Do_sqlPerfmon2,CustomActionData=100Installing performance counters200000C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90DTSBinnDTSPERF.INIC:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90DTSBinnDTSPERF.HC:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90DTSBinnDTSPipelinePerf.dllDTSPipeline0DTSPipelinePrfData_OpenPrfData_CollectPrfData_Close)
MSI (s) (4C:94) [10:20:02:864]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:WINDOWSInstallerMSI1683.tmp, Entrypoint: Do_sqlPerfmon2
<Func Name='LaunchFunction'>
Function=Do_sqlPerfmon2
<Func Name='GetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='GetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='0'>
Doing Action: Do_sqlPerfmon2
PerfTime Start: Do_sqlPerfmon2 : Tue Jun 12 10:20:02 2007
<Func Name='Do_sqlPerfmon2'>
<EndFunc Name='Do_sqlPerfmon2' Return='2' GetLastError='2'>
PerfTime Stop: Do_sqlPerfmon2 : Tue Jun 12 10:20:02 2007
Gathering darwin properties for failure handling.
Error Code: 2
MSI (s) (4C!F0) [10:23:46:381]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services -- Error 29528. The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Installing performance counters. The error is: The system cannot find the file specified.Error 29528. The setup has encountered an unexpected error while Installing performance counters. The error is: The system cannot find the file specified.
You can ignore this and it will complete the installation, but subsequently trying to patch with SP2 will fail on the same sections - Hotfix.exe crashes whilst attempting to patch Database Services, Integration Services and Client Components (3 separate crashes).
I've removed SQL Server 2005 elements and tried to re-install, but it's not improved the situation.
Any ideas?
Details:MS SQL 2000 dual Intel 1.2 GHz processors.1 GB RAM2.1 GB dBDynamic Memory Managment.No other apps running on this server.First question:Since I have Dynamic Memory Managment setup, Is it usuall that thesqlsrv.exe process on the server steadily climbs and is in the 800 to900 MB range. There is only about 20 MB free. In theory this is howDMM can work, but do people really see it work this way.Second question:I had users complaining about lockups in the app I have to supportthat connects to this dB. At first I thought it was the large use ofmemory, but once I was able to see in Enterprise Manager that therewas process blocking several other processes. EM then locked up and Icouldn't get to the details of what the exact process was that wasdoing the blocking. After restarting SQL services things were fine.When I checked the logs there was nothing there about a hung process.The logs seemed very sparse. Why would there not be anything in thelogs about it. The logs actually seem very thin on any information.Thanks,T.
View 1 Replies View RelatedRegarding backups.
The first available time to do a full backup is at 11:00pm which also applies to diff. backups.
How often does the trans. logs need a back up?