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SQL Server 2008 R2 - Shrink TempDB Error
The "Shrink TempDb" commands are failed due to the "Truncate_Only is not a recognized backup option" error. Any alternative or Is there any option for Shrink TempDB in Maintenance Plans of SQL server 2008 R2? Please help.
The tempdb recovery is set to simple by default. You can't backup the log of a database in simple recovery. If you have out of control transactions, you'll need to deal with those transactions, then you can try using one of the shrink commands, either [shrink database][1] or [shrink file][2]. Truncate_only is part of a backup command, not a shrink. By the way, constantly shrinking the database is a bad practice. If your database is constantly growing out to large sizes, the best practice is to identify the causes and eliminate or mitigate them, not just shrink the database on a nightly basis. [1]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190488.aspx [2]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189493.aspx
Looks like you have a maintenance plan which uses: BACKUP LOG [databasename] WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY; DBCC SHRINKFILE([filename]); WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY was deprecated in SQL Server 2005 and removed in SQL Server 2008. The same thing can be achieved with BACKUP LOG [databasename] TO DISK='NUL' DBCC SHRINKFILE([filename]); But Grant Fritchey's comment about not constantly shrinking tempdb-files is perfectly relevant.
Even after shrinking your tempdb, it may continue to grow if the auto growth is enabled and if you have uncontrolled transactions as said by @GrantFritchey. Rather than shrinking the tempdb, you have to work on these transactions that heavily utilize the tempdb( SQL Server profiler or the DMVs will help you to find these transactions). Get those queries analyze it and fine tune if possible. Other things to consider is the check for sort in tempdb in index rebuild process, this also contribute tempdb growth. Query to find the session tempdb usage details.
SELECT sp.session_id
, DB_NAME(database_id) AS DBName
, HOST_NAME AS HostName
, program_name AS AppName
, login_name AS LoginName
, status
, cpu_time
, total_elapsed_time AS ElapsedTime
, (memory_usage * 8) AS MemoryUsage
, (user_objects_alloc_page_count * 8) AS AllocatedUserObjectsInKB
, (user_objects_dealloc_page_count * 8) AS DeallocatedUserObjectsInKB
, (internal_objects_alloc_page_count * 8) AS InternalObjectAllocObjInKB
, (internal_objects_dealloc_page_count * 8) AS InternalObjectDeallocInKB
,CASE is_user_process WHEN 1 THEN 'user session'
WHEN 0 THEN 'system session'
END SessionType
, row_count
FROM sys.dm_db_session_space_usage sp
INNER join sys.dm_exec_sessions s
ON s.session_id = sp.session_id
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