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open an error log that large is really problematic. Is there a way that the error logs can be made smaller? Answer: I completely sympathize with you. Very often when dealing with client systems we encounter similar problems. Thankfully there is an easy solution. (See also, "Choosing Default Sizes for Your Data and Log Files" and "Why is a Rolled-Back Transaction Causing My Differential Backup to be Large?"). The number of error logs is set to 6 sql server error log growing out of control by default, and a new one is created each time the server restarts. Old ones are renamed when a new one is created and the oldest is deleted. As you’ve noticed, this can lead to extremely large error log files that are very cumbersome to work with. There is a registry setting ‘NumErrorLogs’ that controls the number of error log files to keep in the LOG directory. This can easily be changed through Management Studio. In Object Explorer for the instance, navigate to Management then SQL Server Logs. Right-click and select Configure as shown below. This brings up the Configure SQL Server Error Logs dialog. Check the ‘Limit the number of error log files before they are recycled’ box and set your desired number of files – I usually choose 99. See the screenshot below. This doesn’t solve the size problem, but does mean that more error logs will be kept around. To solve the size problem, create a SQL Server Agent job that executes at some point every day and runs the command EXEC sp_cycle_errorlog; GO This causes a new error log file to be created and will prevent the error log becoming overly large on systems that do not reboot for a long time. Print reprints Favorite EMAIL Tweet paulrandal's blog Log In or Register to post comments EMAIL Print Recovering a
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it has to run continuously 24x7 because of that it is not possible to restart the server time to time. It is kind of monitoring system for big machines. http://sqlmag.com/blog/how-prevent-enormous-sql-server-error-log-files Because of this SQL server error logs are growing too big even some times up to 60-70 GB at a limited sized hard drive. I can't delete them time to time manually. Can someone please suggest a way using which I can stop creation of such error logs or recycle them after sometime. Most of the errors are https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/00a2c7d7-af2c-447b-8fcc-8a2eb93692a6/sql-server-error-log-size-is-too-big-to-handle?forum=sqlgetstarted of this kind -- Setting database option RECOVERY to simple for database db_name P.S.- I have read limiting error logs to 6 etc. But that didn't help. It will be best if you could suggest some method to disable these logs. Friday, December 19, 2014 9:57 AM Reply | Quote Answers 0 Sign in to vote P.S.- I have read limiting error logs to 6 etc. But that didn't help. It will be best if you could suggest some method to disable these logs. Hi, You cannot disable SQL server errolog generation you can recycle it, using below link to do it http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182512.aspxPlease mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it My Technet Wiki Article MVP Proposed as answer by Donghui LiModerator Monday, December 22, 2014 3:23 AM Marked as answer by Donghui LiModerator Saturday, December 27, 2014 6:13 AM Friday, December 19, 2014 10:05 AM Reply | Quote Moderator 0 Sign in to vote Hel
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube GitHub Forgotten Maintenance - Cycling the SQL Server Error Log September 30, 2015Jeremiah Peschka20 comments Most of us get caught up in fragmentation, finding the slowest queries, and looking at new features. We forget the little things that make managing a SQL Server easier - like cylcing the SQL Server error logs. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2015/09/forgotten-maintenance-cycling-the-sql-server-error-log/ What's the Error Log? The SQL Server error log is a file that is full of messages generated by SQL Server. By default this tells you when log backups occurred, other informational events, and even contains pieces and parts of stack dumps. In short, it's a treasure trove of information. When SQL Server is in trouble, it's nice to have this available as a source of information during troubleshooting. Unfortunately, if the SQL Server error log gets huge, it can take a long time to error log read the error log - it's just a file, after all, and the GUI has to read that file into memory. Keep the SQL Server Error Log Under Control It's possible to cycle the SQL Server error log. Cycling the error log starts a new file, and there are only two times when this happens. When SQL Server is restarted. When you execute sp_cycle_errorlog Change everything! When SQL Server cycles the error log, the current log file is closed and a new one is opened. By sql server error default, these files are in your SQL Server executables directory in the MSSQL\LOG folder. Admittedly, you don't really need to know where these are unless you want to see how much room they take up. SQL Server keeps up to 6 error log files around by default. You can easily change this. Open up your copy of SSMS and: Expand the "Management" folder. Right click on "SQL Server Logs" Select "Configure" Check the box "Limit the number of error log files before they are recycled" Pick some value to put in the "Maximum number of error log failes" box Click "OK" It's just that easy! Admittedly, you have to do this on every SQL Server that you have, so you might just want to click the "Script" button so you can push the script to multiple SQL Servers. Automatically Rotating the SQL Server Error Log You can set up SQL Server to automatically rotate your error logs. This is the easiest part of this blog post, apart from closing the window. To cycle error logs on a regular basis, restart your SQL Server nightly. Only joking. You can set up a SQL Agent job with a T-SQL step. All it has to do is EXEC sp_cycle_errorlog. Schedule the SQL Agent job to run as frequently as you'd like and you're good to go. The upside of this approach is that it's automatic and the SQL Server error logs will be more granular, making it easier to find the error messages you're looking for. It's Ju