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 maint-plan not truncating tlogs

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Richard101
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Posted - 2009-03-09 : 08:11:16
Hi All

I've a problem with SQL2005 maint plans. In that I cannot seem to get the tlogs to truncated.

I added a subplan to my 'daily-full_&_maint' plan when I realized I'd forgot to backup tlogs.

The sub-plan only has two boxes 'backup database task' and 'maint cleanup task' - and runs every 4 hrs.

Within the tlog backup task, the box where I pick the database-name always changes back to "these databases" with no-tics.

I've tried 'all' / 'all user' / and ticking individual databases names but nothing works.

This is a bug that everyone knows about but me - right?
:-)

tks

richard101

sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-09 : 09:49:46
What SP you have for SQL Server?
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Richard101
Starting Member

30 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-09 : 09:57:16
SQL 2005 Standard Edition - SP2 (9.00.3042.00)
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Richard101
Starting Member

30 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-13 : 06:20:40
Ok, answering my own questions then ...
- In a maint-plan the 'edit' box doesn't display the previously selected database-names
- only the first schedule in a plan will work
- transaction-log backups won't save to sub-directories
- transaction-log backups don't truncate the transaction-log, you have to use 'shrink'.

full details ...
http://oracle.podzone.org/node/163

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