[dba-SQLServer] Shrinking Log File

It is the restored files that are so large - ie they are that large 
when they are being restored.  Something funny seems to be happening 
between when they are backed up and when they are restored.  The size 
seems to be empty space because the shrink process indicated that 
there is 95% empty space!

David

At 18/01/2006, you wrote:
>Are your log files growing astronomically after you restore and then delete
>the logs? If so, see if you can determine what is causing the rapid growth.
>A large number of table inserts or updates can cause log files to bloat so
>if this is a frequent occurence, you should try to shrink the logs after
>these operations.
>
>Other than that, I'm not really sure.
>
>Regards,
>Stephen
>
>On 1/17/06, David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > I can (and did thanks to your help).  However, because they are 14GB
> > in size I need to make sure I have that much spare space on my hard
> > drive!  Also the fact that there is so much wasted space in the file
> > (and I can't shrink it) is a cause for concern.  What else is waiting
> > to jump out and bite me?
> >
> > David
> >
> > At 18/01/2006, you wrote:
> > >I don't know why you have that situation. Do you actually need the log
> > files
> > >for anything? If not and you need to restore the associated data files,
> > >couldn't you just get rid of them after the restore?
> > >
> > >Stephen
> > >
> > >On 1/16/06, David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Stephen.  That solved my immediate problem.
> > > >
> > > > Now my problem is that the files backed up from the end of last year
> > > > are restoring fine with transaction logs in the size
> > > > expected.  However, when I try to restore a back up file from this
> > > > year (I have 2 from 2 different databases) the transaction log is way
> > > > out of proportion to the actual size used (eg 13779MB in size with
> > > > 113MB space used).  The original files on the server are closer to
> > > > what I would expect them to be but for some reason the backups are
> > > > not restoring well.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts on what went wrong.
> > > >
> > > > David