RE: [Emerald] HELP ASAP!!!!!

Lanham Rattan ( (no email) )
Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:37:04 -0600

I have heard that SQL V7.0 takes care of the database resizing
automatically. Does anybody have any experience with V7.0 and Emerald yet?

Thanks,

Lanham.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: emerald-request@iea-software.com
> [mailto:emerald-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Josh Hillman
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 9:18 AM
> To: emerald@iea-software.com
> Subject: Re: [Emerald] HELP ASAP!!!!!
>
>
> From: PowerNet <psc5@powersupply.net>
> When I click on truncate I get the message to immediately do a database
> dump.
> Is that what we are doing in this second procedure you sent?
>
>
> You can do the diskdump afterward if you want. It can't hurt--it's just a
> backup. The diskdump that it wants you to do isn't really
> directly related
> to anything else I mentioned. SQL just wants you to do it as a saftey
> measure. I have nightly scheduled tasks that run my diskdumps
> (unrelated to
> the one you mentioned).
>
> Josh
>
>
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> On 9/30/99, at 10:54 AM, Josh Hillman wrote:
>
> >> From: PowerNet <psc5@powersupply.net>
> >> Msg 1105, Level 17, State 2
> >> Can't allocate space for object 'Syslogs' in database 'Emerald' because
> >the
> >> 'logsegment' segment is full. If you ran out of space in Syslogs, dump
> the
> >> transaction log. Otherwise, use ALTER DATABASE or sp_extendsegment to
> >> increase the size of the segment.
> >> Msg 1105, Level 17, State 2
> >> Can't allocate space for object 'Syslogs' in database 'Emerald' because
> >the
> >> 'logsegment' segment is full. If you ran out of space in Syslogs, dump
> the
> >> transaction log. Otherwise, use ALTER DATABASE or sp_extendsegment to
> >> increase the size of the segment.
> >>
> >From: Josh Hillman <admin-maillist@talstar.com>
> >> Go into SQL enterprise manager
> >> find the Emerald database and double-click on it.
> >> Click on Truncate Log.
> >>
> >> I'll send other suggestions for what to do after this in a few minutes.
> >
> >Here's part 2, from a message I sent to the list sometime last year:
> >
> >Go into SQL Enterprise Manager
> >Click on the "+" next to your SQL server name.
> >Right-click on Database Devices and choose New Device.
> > Name: EmeraldLogs (or whatever you want)
> > Size: ?? (mine is 35MB but 99% of the time, only about 1MB is
> > being used because I have the Transaction Log
> > "truncate on checkpoint" each night at 3:15am when the
> > database is backed up (diskdump))
> > Click on Create Now
> >Click on the "+" next to Databases
> >Double-click on Emerald
> > Click on Expand
> > Data Device: (none)
> > Log Device: EmeraldLogs (or whatever you named it above)
> > Size: (same as the value you selected above)
> > Click on Expand Now
> > Click on the Options tab.
> > Check "Truncate Log on Checkpoint" to keep the logs small.
> > Note: by doing this, you won't be able to backup the
> > transaction logs when doing a diskdump (backup).
> > Click Ok.
> >
> >I don't remember if you have to stop/restart MSSQL service or not.
> >
> >This will prevent your transaction logs from causing problems
> with running
> >out of space for your data.
> >
> >Josh
> >
> >
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