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errors truncate share|improve this question edited Jan 2 '13 at 15:51 Thomas Stringer 31.6k572117 asked Jan 2 '13 at 15:21 aron 245137 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 14 down vote accepted You can cycle the error log by calling sp_cycle_errorlog and then that will close the current error log and cycle the log extensions. Basically, it'll create a new error log file that SQL Server will be hitting. Then the archived error log(s) can be treated accordingly (delete/move with caution). This will not technically "truncate" the log, it'll just roll it over and you can handle the old logs as you so please, like any other file system file. When you do this, you should see a new log file with an entry that resembles the following: The error log has been reinitialized. See the previous log for older entries. BOL reference on sp_cycle_errorlog share|improve this answer answered Jan 2 '13 at 15:36 Thomas Stringer 31.6k572117 3 @JohnDaCosta what? No. Read the question again and take a closer look at the picture. –ivanmp Jan 5 '13 at 9:00 @Jo
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Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Database Administrators Questions Tags Users how to run sp_cycle_errorlog Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Database Administrators Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their delete sql server logs database skills and learn from others in the community. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/31298/safe-way-to-truncate-sql-server-error-log to the top Does SQL Server ever delete old error log files? up vote 11 down vote favorite I know I can cycle the current error log easily by running sp_cycle_errorlog, but I'm wondering if SQL Server will ever delete the old/archived error log files at all. Can't seem to find an answer to this anywhere... sql-server error-log share|improve this question asked Oct 29 '14 at 14:36 tuseau 5454916 Thanks all for the help. http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/81388/does-sql-server-ever-delete-old-error-log-files –tuseau Oct 29 '14 at 15:10 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 16 down vote accepted There is a setting if you right click on "SQL Server Logs" and select "Configure". You can tell it how many log files you want to keep. Once it reaches that number it will start removing the old ones. share|improve this answer answered Oct 29 '14 at 14:43 Kenneth Fisher 16.7k53070 add a comment| up vote 8 down vote Restart SQL Server 7 times. You will see you still have only 7 ERRORLOG* files (depending on version). This is the current log file and the 6 most recent log files. Note: You may need to change 7 to something else, in the event you changed the number of error logs SQL Server keeps. The max, I believe, is 99. But no matter what your current setting is, it will eventually recycle and purge old files. I tested this and, if you uncheck the box that says: ☐ Limit the number of error log files before they are recycled ...which implies (at least to me) keep all log files, it will still keep only the current error log file plus 6 backups. If you've changed the registry key that @RLF pointed out, the registry key setting overrides (as if you hadn't unchecked the box), but you're stil
SQL query reports on our intranet server. OpenKM Document Management System Migration Migrate existing OpenKM server 5.11 running as a VM under Windows 2003 Server host to ESXi environment. IWJG New SQL Program Migrate https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/564167-clearing-sql-server-errorlog-files existing data from Access 97 into Access 2013 & SQL DB IN THIS DISCUSSION Microsoft SQL https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/7760cbff-d2c4-4328-8184-739df2c04d6d/how-to-delete-error-logs-in-sql-serevr?forum=sqldatabaseengine ...ngine Services Join the Community! Creating your account only takes a few minutes. Join Now I have a very large error log file and could really do with deleting it. I ran the command sp_cycle_errorlog but this just seems to created a new errorlog file and moved the large file to errorlog.2. Can I just delete this file or is there a more elegant way error log of fixing this problem? Thank you all Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Database Engine ServicesReview it: (1) Reply Subscribe View Best Answer RELATED TOPICS: SQL Server Virtualization SQL Server case statement Build First SQL Server   4 Replies Datil OP GerardMainardi Aug 19, 2014 at 1:18 UTC Yes, you can just delete the file. 1 Datil OP Best Answer GerardMainardi Aug 19, 2014 at 1:22 UTC Keep in mind of course sql error log that once that file is deleted, you wont be able to do any research about past problems that it included! Something that I think works really well is the following: In SQL Server Management Studio, open the MANAGEMENT folder, then right click on SQL SERVER LOGS and say CONFIGURE. Check the LIMIT ERROR LOGS box and set the number to 30 (a month's worth). Now, set up a new job in the SQL Agent that runs sp_cycle_errorlog every night at midnight. This way, you will always have a rolling 30 days (a month works for me, maybe you need more history) of logs, and its very easy to find what you need each day, since each log will contain just the one day worth of history. Makes it way easier to manage than having gigantic error logs with 40 days of junk to sort through when you're looking for one specific day of data. It also helps keep the files from getting gigantic! If you're interested in setting this up and need any help configuring the SQL Agent job, let me know and I'll post a step by step. Hope this helps! 2 Thai Pepper OP Helpful Post Robert L Davis Aug 19, 2014 at 7:31 UTC You should set up a SQL job to recycle the error log regularly. I prefer to do it nightly. Others prefer weekly. A
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