Our normal practices for backing up SQL servers is to use the regular SQL backup tools to perform full, differential and transaction log backups and this has always worked fine. Recently we performed ...

Transaction logs are a vital yet often overlooked component of database architecture. They are often forgotten because they are not something actively maintained like the schema contained within a ...

Lumigent calls this application a "transaction analysis and data recovery solution for Microsoft SQL Server." I call it an essential tool for the SQL Server 7.0 or SQL Server 2000 DBA whose users make ...

Help! My SQL Server Log File is too big!!! Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils ...

Mountain View, CA, June 19, 2009 --(PR.com)-- OfficeRecovery.com announces improved support for Microsoft SQL Server backups and logs in its data recovery software. Corrupted backup file recovery has ...

Database protection goes far beyond backups; ensuring the quality and consistency of those backups is equally important. Here are the maintenance tasks that will make sure your databases stay in top ...

I would like to know how transaction log size is managed. I now know after some reading that I can checkpoint the database in order to allow dirty pages to write from ram to disk.I also know now how ...