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Once you back up the log, SQL will truncate it as soon as it can, after the next checkpoint, if it can.<br />
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Do you mean you need to backup and then shrink the log file size?
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Once you back up the log, SQL will truncate it as soon as it can, after the next checkpoint, if it can.

Do you mean you need to backup and then shrink the log file size?

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What recovery mode does your database work with?
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What recovery mode does your database work with?

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mainrotor, do you still need help with this question?
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mainrotor, do you still need help with this question?

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Hi all,<br />
I need help backing up and truncating .ldf file in SQL Server 2008 R2? &nbsp;<br />
How can I do this? &nbsp;Thanks in advance.<br />
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mrotor
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Hi all,
I need help backing up and truncating .ldf file in SQL Server 2008 R2?  
How can I do this?  Thanks in advance.

mrotor

I need help backing up and truncating .ldf file in SQL Server 2008 R2

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.