Re: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating

2004-04-07 Thread Del Hoobler
Chris, I have a few comments: RESTORE VERIFYONLY checks to see that the backup set is complete and that all volumes are readable. RESTORE VERIFYONLY does NOT check the structure of the data on the volumes. I always wondered how this is a "verification" of a restore if you don't really restore th

Re: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating

2004-04-06 Thread Chris Leonard
Is your DBA talking about shrinking the log file or truncating the log? One thing to look out for here is the fact that these are two different things, and lots of SQL people can get confused about this. Truncating a SQL Server log is not the same as shrinking the physical file that houses the lo

Re: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating

2004-04-06 Thread Del Hoobler
ns Inc. > Phone: 416-235-0931 x26 > Fax: 416-235-0265 > Web: www.infinitynetwork.com > > > > -Original Message- > From: David Longo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TDP SQL Transaction log

Re: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating

2004-04-06 Thread Joe Crnjanski
ngo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating Can you reference me an MS SQL doc or something on this? My SQL DBA's are kind of anti-TSM, so I need as much justification on this as I can get to g

Re: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating

2004-04-06 Thread David Longo
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating I have TSM server 4.2.3.4 on AIX and two clients each running W2K, SP2. The two clients have SQL server and I use TDP SQL for hot backups and do log backups of one

Re: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating

2004-04-05 Thread Joe Crnjanski
04 5:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating I have TSM server 4.2.3.4 on AIX and two clients each running W2K, SP2. The two clients have SQL server and I use TDP SQL for hot backups and do log backups of one of the DB's every hour or two. A FULL backup

TDP SQL Transaction log not truncating

2004-04-05 Thread David Longo
I have TSM server 4.2.3.4 on AIX and two clients each running W2K, SP2. The two clients have SQL server and I use TDP SQL for hot backups and do log backups of one of the DB's every hour or two. A FULL backup of all DB's is done once a day. I use the sqlfull.smp script with minimum change for ou