Best practices for shrinking files in SQL server

DBCC opentran (database);. and found that no transaction is open now. What is stopping me from shrinking the log file? How can I solve this?

1) Switch to Simple Recovery Model · 2) Run a CHECKPOINT and DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS (just in case) · 3) Shrink the log file · 4) Switch back to Full ...

You need to increase the disk space. If you do not want to do log backup, you can change your recovery model into SIMPLE. This is not recommended if your ...

I have a DB that has a log file(40GB) that is greater than the data file size(32GB). The log file has 99% of free space. When I execute DBCC shrinkfile ...

Sometimes, the backup process is not completed and that's one of the reason the .ldf file is not getting shrink. Try this. It worked for me ...

Run DBCC LOGINFO('databasename') & look at the last entry, if this is a 2 then your log file wont shrink. Unlike data files virtual log files cannot be moved ...

If the log file has too many VLFs, you can use the DBCC SHRINKFILE command to shrink the log file and reduce the number of VLFs. However, you ...

DBCC SHRINKFILE (N'log file name', EMPTYFILE); 2. ALTER DATABASE [database name] REMOVE FILE [log file name]; 3. Perform LOG backup to reset your pointers.

Take a look at what part of the log is active. Most likely it's your last VLF (DBCC LOGINFO). You can't shrink it until you're out of that VLF.

The options TRUNCATEONLY and NOTRUNCATE for DBCC SHRINKFILE do not apply to transaction log files, they are applicable to data files only. This ...