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ninel
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2005-12-09 : 11:56:16
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| I'm trying to restore a database and am getting the following error:"MODIFY FILE encountered operating system error 112(There is not enough space on the disk.) while attempting to expand the physical file. Could not adjust the space allocation for file 'MyFile_Log'. RESTORE database is terminating abnormally."What do I need to do to solve this issue?Thanks,Ninel |
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SQLServerDBA_Dan
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2005-12-09 : 14:48:04
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| Sounds like you need more disk space. Are you restoring from another server and overwriting a database on this server?Daniel, MCP, A+SQL Server DBAwww.dallasteam.com |
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ninel
Posting Yak Master
141 Posts |
Posted - 2005-12-09 : 15:18:59
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| I am overwriting on the same server. Turns out my log file is ridiculously large. Would you happen to know how I can minimize it?Thanks,Ninel |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2005-12-10 : 00:38:34
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http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=55210&SearchTerms=Why+is+my+LDF+Log+File+so+bigBut a restore is going to want to set the MDF/LDF files to the size as-they-were at the time of the backup  Kristen |
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derrickleggett
Pointy Haired Yak DBA
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Posted - 2005-12-10 : 13:18:03
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You probably have the database set to full recovery mode and are not doing transaction log backups. Either start doing transaction log backups to lower the size and provide recoverability between full backups, or switch the database to simple recovery mode and shrink the log file. You should then be able to backup the database and restore. You'll have room because the log file is now smaller. The other option is to buy more disk space, which is always a fun sale.  MeanOldDBAderrickleggett@hotmail.comWhen life gives you a lemon, fire the DBA. |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2005-12-10 : 13:42:51
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| If you can't make a fresh backup, to restore from, because you need to restore from THIS backup, then you could, perhaps?, restore the backup somewhere else, that has the disk space, shrink the log files, back up again, and then restore to the target machine - i.e. that restore will make a smaller database.Kristen |
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