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Shrinking the log file does not reduce size

I have a database which had mdf size of 350 MB and ldf size 4.9 GB When i try to shrink the log file it's not shrinking. I know shrinking a database is not good and it should not be done. But still i ...
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Migrate SQL Server database to multiple files (shrinkfile emptyfile vs log shipping)

I have a SQL Server 2008 database in production that we are moving onto a new server. The current database has a single ~400GB .MDF file. The new server will be running SQL Server 2012, and we are ...
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What utilities can I use to simulate I/O load for a DB restore and DBCC check?

I'm trying to figure out the peak load I can sustain on new hardware I procured for validating backups and performing DBCC checks. I've been using Crystal Diskmark to get throughput stats which helped ...
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SQL Server 2005 database corruption. Advise

I have encounter some database corruptions in the past but I knew which object has hit the road. In this situation I run a DBCC CHECKDB against a problematic SQL Server 2005 database and I get the ...
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Last Known Successful DBCC CHECKDB

I understand that looking at DBCC PAGE is supposed to show me the last known good DBCC CHECKDB but I am not seeing this work correctly. I have a database that I know is corrupted. If I run DBCC ...
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DBCC CHECKDB REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS

I had to run dbcc checkdb repair_allow_data_loss with all_errormsgs and it's been runing over 27 hours. DB size is over 15gb and the server (windows 2008) has 32gb memory. I did run this on SQL 2005 ...
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Where can I find guidelines for building a SQL Server machine specifically for DBCC CHECKDB work?

I'm working on defining specs for a new server to run DBCC CHECKDB scans on all databases in our portfolio (85 instances, 1300 DBs, 15 TB allocated). I have a custom application that copies dump files ...
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Definitive list of steps for SQL Server baseline testing?

Before running a performance test / baseline for an app that uses SQL Server, I want to be able to set the instance to a "clean" state, without restarting the instance. There are steps I tend to ...
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DBCC TRACEON with the global flag

In the question Need Help Troubleshooting Sql Server 2005 Deadlock Scenario there was a suggestion of using DBCC TRACEON (1204, -1) to trace deadlocks globally. When reading about this command in BOL ...
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DBCC CHECKDB Data Purity errors but no rows found

Any idea why the value -96.00 is out of range for the normalization_data column (defined as numeric(14,2) )? DBCC CHECKDB with DATA_PURITY flags this row: Msg 2570, Level 16, State 3, Line 1 Page ...
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SQL Server Internal Inconsistency on GROUP BY

I recently recovered a database from a hard-drive failure using DBCC CHECKDB WITH REPAIR ALOW DATA LOSS. Now I can select records from a table-valued function to retrieve sales records, but using a ...
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How does DBCC SHRINKFILE() affect backups?

I have a pile of SQL 2005 databases that have been around for a very long time and, for varying reasons, experienced transaction log autogrowth. Regular backups now keep the transaction log usage ...
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DBCC CheckDB Consistency error on a empty table

What could be the reason behind a DBCC CheckDB reporting a consistency error on a empty table in sql server 2008? This DB is restored from sql server 2000. DBCC CheckDB on sql server 2000 doesnot ...
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tsql: table data size won't shrink after large row deletion

i have a table with 12 months+ data in it. I backup the table then delete all rows keeping only rows inserted in the last month. But the table size won't shrink, nor the underlying physical file. ...
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Possible to run two DBCC INDEXDEFRAG commands simultaneously, each on a different table?

I am currently running a script which performs a DBCC INDEXDEFRAG on every table in a SQL Server 2005 database, one table at a time. Using DBCC DBREINDEX instead of INDEXDEFRAG is not an option, due ...
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SQL Server 2008 DBCC Problems

We have a database Ms DBCC CHECKDB (MS) Or ALTER DATABASE MS SET SINGLE_USER DBCC CHECKDB(MS,REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS) ALTER DATABASE MS SET MULTI_USER Error message Msg 0, Level 11, State 0, ...
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DBCC CHECKDB WITH DATA_PURITY gives out of range error

I have restore a SQL Server 2000 database onto SQL Server 2005 and then run DBCC CHECKDB WITH DATA_PURITY and I get this error: Msg 2570, Level 16, State 3, Line 2 Page (1:19558), slot 13 in object ...
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Should I be regularly shrinking my DB or at least my log file?

My question is, should I be running one or both of the shrink command regularly, DBCC SHRINKDATABASE OR DBCC SHRINKFILE ============================= background Sql Server: Database is 200 ...