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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 to the top Safe way to truncate SQL Server Error Log up vote 10 down vote favorite 3 We are running out mssql error log delete of space. What is the safe way to clear the error log? sql-server sql-server-2008-r2 disk-space 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
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more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Database Administrators Questions Tags Users Badges how to run sp_cycle_errorlog Unanswered Ask Question _ Database Administrators Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills delete sql server logs 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 to the http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/31298/safe-way-to-truncate-sql-server-error-log top Clearing SQL Server 2005 event log up vote 1 down vote favorite I need to delete the SQL Server 2005 logs, but can't figure out how to do it. I'm talking about the logs that are found in Management -> SQL Server Logs in SSMS object explorer. I can't seem to detete them from there, so I assume there is another way or a command to do it. Also, I noticed that at least some log http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/14182/clearing-sql-server-2005-event-log entries can be found in Windows Event Log (the ones about failed logins, for example). Will those get deleted too if I find a way to clear the SQL Server logs? Or should I clear the event log separately? I looked for an answer but people seem to ask mostly about clearing transaction logs which is not what I need. sql-server-2005 logs share|improve this question asked Mar 1 '12 at 6:44 Dyppl 11615 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote accepted Log files in question are named ERRORLOG, ERRORLOG1 etc. and are usually stored in LOG folder somewhere inside MSSQL installation directory. In the beginning of the log there is a message like this: Logging SQL Server messages in file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG' It can help to determine the exact path. If the need to delete these logs is caused by a security concern, it's good to execute sp_cycle_errorlog proc to make log cycle. This way the ERRORLOG file will be empty and all the events will be in ERRORLOG1, ERRROLOG2 etc which can be deleted at any time. share|improve this answer answered Mar 1 '12 at 7:48 Dyppl 11615 add a comment| up vote 0 down vote You can try the query: EXEC master.dbo.xp_readerrorlog 0, 1, 'Logging SQL Server messages in file', null, NULL, NULL, N'asc' The text column will pr
Recent PostsRecent Posts Popular TopicsPopular Topics Home Search Members Calendar Who's On Home » SQL Server 2005 » Administering » http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic551101-146-1.aspx How to best delete SQL Server 2005 errorlog How to best delete SQL Server 2005 errorlog Rate Topic Display Mode Topic Options Author Message ozkaryozkary Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:13 AM Valued Member Group: General Forum Members Last Login: Monday, December 28, 2015 7:46 AM Points: 57, Visits: 141 There was an outage on a SQL server 2005 server which created many errors. error log This caused the errorlog to grow too much. We have cycled the log file (sp_cycle_errorlog), so we have a new file. The problem is that we want to recover the disk space used by the previous file (errorlog.1). Apart from just deleting the file, what is the best way to delete this file to avoid causing any problems? We have already inspected the contents of delete error log the file.thanks. http://ozkary.blogspot.comhttp://og-bit.com Post #551101 Greg CharlesGreg Charles Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:36 AM SSCarpal Tunnel Group: General Forum Members Last Login: Yesterday @ 11:51 AM Points: 4,066, Visits: 5,750 You won't hurt anything by deleting the old error log file and that's the only way to get rid of it. Greg Post #551134 andrewkane17andrewkane17 Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:21 PM SSC-Addicted Group: General Forum Members Last Login: Yesterday @ 10:00 AM Points: 415, Visits: 3,164 You should just be able to issue sp_cycle_errorlog until you reach you max set of saved logs, after that you can delete.Andrew Post #551422 Greg CharlesGreg Charles Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:34 PM SSCarpal Tunnel Group: General Forum Members Last Login: Yesterday @ 11:51 AM Points: 4,066, Visits: 5,750 Actually, if you repeatedly execute sp_cycle_errorlog as Andrew suggests, you wouldn't have to delete the file at all. It would automatically drop off when you went past the configured max number of error logs. Greg Post #551468 reyvonreyvon Posted Wednesday, June 2, 2010 3:36 AM Grasshopper Group: General Forum Members Last Login: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:52 PM Points: 14, Visits: 87 great help! Thanks