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rise to the top Safe way to truncate SQL Server Error Log up vote 10 down vote favorite 3 We are running out 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 delete sql server logs 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 @JohnDaCosta please reread the question. I believe you are mistaken. –Thomas Stringer Jan 5 '13 at 12:56 It's worth noting that sp_cycle_errorlog only recycles ONE log file. But because there are 7 files, if you really want to purge them and save space (as I did) you will need to run the command several times (7 times to be exact). And each time you run it one of these files will be shrunk: ErrorLog ErrorLog.1
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RESOURCES Database Tools SQL Scripts & Samples Links » Database Forum » Slideshows » Sitemap Free Newsletters: DatabaseDaily News Via RSS Feed Database Journal |DBA Support |SQLCourse |SQLCourse2 Featured Database Articles MS SQL Posted Feb 28, 2006 Cycling the ERRORLOG file and Deleting Backup History Information By Gregory A. Larsen Every DBA needs a few tricks up his/her sleeves to help them better manage their SQL Server 2000 environment. In this article I will explore a couple of such tricks. I will first explore how to cycle the SQL Server error log, and why you might want to do this. Secondly I will discuss backup history information and why you would need to periodically remove some of the older history information. Cycling the ERRORLOG file Have you ever tried to bring up the error log file and had to wait quite a while before the log is displayed? Then once the error log file was displayed you had to wade through days, weeks, or perhaps months worth of log information prior to getting to the specific timeframe that interested you? Well if you have had this problem then you might want to consider cycling that error log more frequently. By cycling the error log, I mean closing the existing log and creating a new one, without shutting down SQL Server. The error log file can grow quite large if you leave SQL Server up and running for long periods of time, and/or you log lots of information. SQL Server creates a new error log file every time you startup SQL Server. SQL Server limits the number of old error log files that are kept, on disk, prior to being recycled (deleted). By default the number of old error log files that are kept on disk is 6. The current error log file is named ERRORLOG, while older log files have a number appended to their