How do I change the initial size of SQL log?
You can not shrink Data or log file below its initial using alter database command, however you can use DBCC Shrinkfile command to shrink individual files (Data/log). Refer below article on Database Initial Size.
When configuring the initial size settings for the data and log file size what value should be used?
Although there is no one optimal value for Transaction Log File initial size and auto-growth that fits all situations, but setting the initial size of the SQL Server Transaction Log file to 20-30% of the database data file size and the auto-growth to a large amount, above 1024MB, based on your database growth plan can …
Which technique is used to increase the size of database?
This topic describes how to increase the size of a database in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL. The database is expanded by either increasing the size of an existing data or log file or by adding a new file to the database.
Can you change the initial size of a database file?
Shrinkfile, shrinkdatabase and logbackup only shrinks to the initial size of the database files. Thus, I do not want to shrink, I want to change the initial size of the files. Its seems to be an open issue in both sql server 2000 and SQL Server 2005. We cannot shrink the database less than the initial size.
Why does my SQL Server File Size change?
As you can see above, we concluded that the behavior which they saw was because Auto Shrink property was set to ON for many databases. Since this was one of an active database, auto shrink was kicked as compared to other databases. This article discusses the use of both Auto options. SQL SERVER – SQL Agent Not Starting.
Can I change this minsize in DBCC shrinkdatabase?
The question is can I change this MinSize. DBCC SHRINKDATABASE command will shrink database to a size which is specified during database creation which is MinSize, but DBCC SHRINKFILE reduces the size of a file to smaller than its originally created size. The minimum file size for the file is then reset to the newly specified size.
Is there a way to reduce the initial size of a db file?
You would think that if you cannot shrink the file below the initial size they’d at least give us the possibility to be able to decrease the initial size then…. :hehe: