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dontipton
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Posted - 2002-09-04 : 08:58:06
If the hard drive that contains my Transaction log crashes what are my options?

Is there a way to get the DB to a consistent state after the crash and create a new tlog on another device?

Should I create a new tlog on another device and then restore my latest full backup and roll forward my tlog backups (this assumes a loss of some data is acceptable)?

Don

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2002-09-04 : 09:01:33
I would go for the latter every time.
Your tr log backup schedule should be based on how much data you can afford to lose.
Getting later data from the crash depends on being able to dump the tr log.

If you need to be able to retrieve transactions in the case of not being able to access the tr log you will need to record them in some other way.

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Edited by - nr on 09/04/2002 09:03:51
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