David,
Check this out:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/tips/administration/logfilegrowth.asp
Thanks,
Del
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 04/06/2004
10:40:44 AM:
> Can you reference me an MS SQL doc or something on this? My
> SQL DBA's are kind of anti-TSM, so I need as much justification
> on this as I can get to give to them.
>
> (If this is the way it works and I dio a FULL daily at 3 am and log
> backups every hour, then if they do "reindex" at say midnight,
> then log shouldn't grow much before FULL runs at 3am, if I
> understand correctly?)
>
> Thanks,
>
> David B. Longo
> System Administrator
> Health First, Inc.
> 3300 Fiske Blvd.
> Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
> PH 321.434.5536
> Pager 321.634.8230
> Fax: 321.434.5509
> david.longo AT health-first DOT org
>
>
> >>> JCrnjanski AT INFINITYNETWORK DOT COM 04/05/04 05:53PM >>>
> I remember having same problem; and yes you are right.
> Even if you are doing incremental sql backup; if in between two
> incremental backups you run "reindex", next incremental will be
> similar in size as full backup. Logically this is still incremental
> only it is too big.
> We ended up running reindex weekly ( we run daily incremental and weekly
full)
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Joe Crnjanski
> Infinity Network Solutions Inc.
> Phone: 416-235-0931 x26
> Fax: 416-235-0265
> Web: www.infinitynetwork.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Longo [mailto:David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG]
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:38 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating
>
>
> I have TSM server 4.2.3.4 on AIX and two clients each running W2K, SP2.
>
> The two clients have SQL server and I use TDP SQL for hot backups
> and do log backups of one of the DB's every hour or two. A FULL
> backup of all DB's is done once a day. I use the sqlfull.smp script
> with minimum change for our environment. Basically:
> tdpsql backup dbname log ......
>
> DBA reports that at sporadic times, the log is not truncating after the
> log backup and therefore transaction log is getting big. I see no
> errors in tdpsql logs. Only event DBA could reference to is that
> problem seems to happen after a "reindex" but not always.
>
> I know that "/Truncate" is the default, but I actually added this
parameter
> to the SQL 2000 system and still has problem at times.
>
> Versions of two systems:
>
> 1. SQL 7.0 SP3; TSM BA 4.2.1.20; TDP SQL 2.2.0.01
> 2. SQL 2000 SP3a; TSM BA 5.1.5.0; TDP SQL 5.1.5.0
>
> I have checked Tivoli site and not found anything.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> David B. Longo
> System Administrator
> Health First, Inc.
> 3300 Fiske Blvd.
> Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
> PH 321.434.5536
> Pager 321.634.8230
> Fax: 321.434.5509
> david.longo AT health-first DOT org
>
>
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