[dba-SQLServer]Truncate Transaction Log

> Hello:
> 
> I have a database using FULL Recovery Model.  The Transaction Log is
> about 10 times the size of the Data File.  I just performed a Full
> Database Backup.  How do I reuse the inactive portion of the
> Transaction Log?

Here's one way I've accomplished this:
- Run Truncate Transaction Log from EM for the database whose log 
you want to shrink (mydbname)
- Run dbcc loginfo (mydbname) to see status of log file - status 2 = active 
log file
- create a dummy table, DummyTrans and insert a lot of rows 
until active segment of log moves to top of list

HTH,
Stephen
> Thanks in advance,
> Billy
> 
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