Truncate database after backup

#1

With SQL 2000 our backup provider (EMC Legato) told each database to truncate
the logs after a successfull backup. SQL 2008 doesn't seem to have these
features, what is the best way to keep logs truncated (automated) yet keep
them available in case they are needed for a restore?

#2

sgrigg (sgrigg (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com) writes:

Quote:

With SQL 2000 our backup provider (EMC Legato) told each database to
truncate the logs after a successfull backup. SQL 2008 doesn't seem to
have these features, what is the best way to keep logs truncated
(automated) yet keep them available in case they are needed for a
restore?

You should backup your transaction logs regularly.

I'm not really sure what you mean with "truncate" but if you mean
TRUNCATE_ONLY or NO_LOG, that was a bad idea, since you lost the
ability to restore to a point-in-time. You can still truncate the
log in that way if you want to: just switch to simple recovery.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel (AT) sommarskog (DOT) se

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