Re: Checkpointing Not Happening in Simple Recovery Model

From: michelle (michelle_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/27/04


Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:00:18 -0600

Yes, I am looking at databases set to simple:

distribution SIMPLE
master SIMPLE
tempdb SIMPLE
sqlprofile SIMPLE
msdb SIMPLE
pubs SIMPLE
Northwind SIMPLE
PERFMON SIMPLE

When we're fully-staffed again tomorrow, we'll look into stopping the
15-minute checkpoints and altering the recovery interval.

Michelle

"Tom Moreau" <tom@dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:uXBQ3Q66EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Now all we need are the results...
>
> --
> Tom
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Columnist, SQL Server Professional
> Toronto, ON Canada
> www.pinnaclepublishing.com
> .
> "Daniel Joskovski" <omnis@NOSPAMunetREMOVECAPS.com.mk> wrote in message
> news:u6RXHH66EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I think so,
> also I think next line will go straight.
>
> select name,databasepropertyex(name,'recovery') model from
> master.dbo.sysdatabases
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
> "Tom Moreau" <tom@dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> news:OqkKwr06EHA.2488@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > She says that she has simple recovery and that one of them is tempdb.
> Maybe
> > the next thing we should look at is doing sp_helpdb.
> >
> > --
> > Tom
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> > SQL Server MVP
> > Columnist, SQL Server Professional
> > Toronto, ON Canada
> > www.pinnaclepublishing.com
> > .
> > "Daniel Joskovski" <omnis@NOSPAMunetREMOVECAPS.com.mk> wrote in message
> > news:uevSRcu6EHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Yes, you are right, I read that Michelle is writing about logs not log,
is
> > there possibility that she looks at transaction logs on databases with
> full
> > or bulk logged recovery model?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daniel
> >
> > "Tom Moreau" <tom@dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> > news:ONo0e4b6EHA.1392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > You cannot set the recovery model in tempdb.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> > > SQL Server MVP
> > > Columnist, SQL Server Professional
> > > Toronto, ON Canada
> > > www.pinnaclepublishing.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Daniel Joskovski" <omnis@NOSPAMunetREMOVECAPS.com.mk> wrote in
message
> > > news:u5NjKcV6EHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Are you sure that you have simple recovery model selected for tempdb?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Daniel
> > >
> > > "michelle" <michelle@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > > news:#FjEC4Q6EHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > The server is Windows 2003, SQL Server 2000, sp3 Standard Edition.
> > > >
> > > > We have at least two databases on this server in simple recovery
> model.
> > Of
> > > > course, one of these databases is tempdb so this is very
problematic.
> > > >
> > > > The transaction logs just keep filling up and filling up, growing to
> > max,
> > > > and finally become full. We would then have to issue an alter
database
> > > > statement to increase the size of the log. Although an alter
database
> > > > statement is one of those things that should trigger a checkpoint -
it
> > > does
> > > > not clear out the space used in the log file. So, once we are able
to
> > get
> > > a
> > > > bit of free space, we can manually issue a checkpoint.
> > > >
> > > > We have incorporated a checkpoint to run every 15 minutes. We also
> have
> > an
> > > > alert that will catch a log at 80% full and then issues a checkpoint
> on
> > > that
> > > > database. But, we want to figure out what is going on and what is
> > causing
> > > > this.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Michelle
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



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