This week I noticed some slowness on queries related to backup history. The instance had a huge msdb database (more than 10GB size), the backup history had never been purged. I already wrote a post on this topic and provided a small PowerShell script using dbatools to clean the backup history. The issue with sp_delete_backuphistory or Remove-DbaDbBackupRestoreHistory is that the…
Introduction In this blog post, I will demonstrate how the Resumable capability of Online index rebuild operation can help you to keep the transaction log file size under control. An index rebuild operation is done in a single transaction that can require a significant log space. When doing a Rebuild on a large index the transaction log file can grow…
A couple of days ago, I encountered an interesting case with a customer concerning a rebuild index operation on a datawarehouse environment. Let me introduce the situation: a “usual DBA day” with an almost usual error message found in your dedicated mailbox: “The transaction log for database ‘xxx’ is full”. After checking the concerned database, I notice that its transaction…
