SQL Server transaction log full

When a SQL Server transaction log fills its drive, deleting old log backups is the quick way to free space, and a missing log backup breaks the chain that a restore depends on. 2501 works out what filled the drive and frees space only once that chain is confirmed intact.

It can happen on Linux or Windows, on a default instance or one of several named ones, and the files sit in different places on each, so the first job is finding which file grew.

What 2501 does

The SQL Server specialty takes the alert from your ticketing system and finds which files are using the drive and why, from the error log and the state of each database and the service. Within your limits it does the routine DBA work the fix calls for, such as taking and verifying backups and clearing old backup files.

It confirms the instance is healthy after every change and records the fix with its evidence. What it cannot solve safely, it documents and escalates to a person.

You stay in control

• You choose the level: investigate only, act after a person confirms, or act on its own within your rules. The level is set per specialty, not per ticket.
• Your restore chain is protected: log backups and log files are removed only once the backup chain is confirmed intact, and backups are verified before anything destructive.
• Some actions are off limits: it never drops a database or schema, and never reboots the server.
• Your rules apply: it holds only the access you grant, and blacklisted commands stay out of reach.

Frequently asked

What if something other than the log filled the drive? It finds which files are using the space, whether data files, log files or backups, and works on the real cause, or hands its findings to a person.

Will it restart SQL Server? Only when the fix calls for it, and it forces the service down only when nothing else will recover it.

Related

• SQL Server Manager
• Windows Server automation
• Disk Manager Windows for full drives on Windows Server
• Guardrails: what an agent may never touch