Good afternoon, guys.
I've had a scout around about this query and I've found a few suggestions and guides but I'm unsure of whether or not they're best suited to this situation. My SQL knowledge is, unfortunately, lacking. Some time ago, our 190GB SQL database failed to generate a full backup for several days. During this time the .LDF file associated with the logs grew massively. I caught it just in time. The 136GB partition for hosting these log files had just 1GB left. I was able to rectify the backup issue and halted the growth of the database.
Having checked the disk space usage today the available storage is down to just 145MB. I've executed the 'DBCC SQLPERF (logspace)" query on the database and determined that, of the 132GB log file, only 0.83% of the database is in use.
I'm concerned by both the lack of space and the fact that...