Resize DB in SQL 7

I have a db with an allocated size of 24.3 GB, but only 2.9 GB used. This
leaves just enough room on the partition for the nightly backup files, but I
keep getting a msg saying that the drive is almost full. I cannot resize the
partition, and shrinking the db does not change the allocation size. How can
I reduce the allocation size and free up some disk space? Thanks in advance
for any suggestions.Back it up
remove it
recreate it, smaller
restore it
Jan
"Ron B." <RonB@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a db with an allocated size of 24.3 GB, but only 2.9 GB used. This
> leaves just enough room on the partition for the nightly backup files, but
I
> keep getting a msg saying that the drive is almost full. I cannot resize
the
> partition, and shrinking the db does not change the allocation size. How
can
> I reduce the allocation size and free up some disk space? Thanks in
advance
> for any suggestions.|||That will not do anything, as restore will create database files with same size as when you took the
backup.
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"Jan Doggen" <j.doggen@.BLOCKqsa.nl> wrote in message news:%2386SdCEuEHA.2072@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Back it up
> remove it
> recreate it, smaller
> restore it
> Jan
> "Ron B." <RonB@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:636A452B-109A-439C-8DA4-B1401C97E44C@.microsoft.com...
>> I have a db with an allocated size of 24.3 GB, but only 2.9 GB used. This
>> leaves just enough room on the partition for the nightly backup files, but
> I
>> keep getting a msg saying that the drive is almost full. I cannot resize
> the
>> partition, and shrinking the db does not change the allocation size. How
> can
>> I reduce the allocation size and free up some disk space? Thanks in
> advance
>> for any suggestions.
>|||One thing to try is to rebuild your indexes. Read about DBCC DBREINDEX. And then try a shrink again.
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Ron B." <RonB@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a db with an allocated size of 24.3 GB, but only 2.9 GB used. This
> leaves just enough room on the partition for the nightly backup files, but I
> keep getting a msg saying that the drive is almost full. I cannot resize the
> partition, and shrinking the db does not change the allocation size. How can
> I reduce the allocation size and free up some disk space? Thanks in advance
> for any suggestions.|||You can try to use DTS copy the whole database to
another. detach two DBs and reattach the new DB with old
DB name.
Good luck
Mike
>--Original Message--
>One thing to try is to rebuild your indexes. Read about
DBCC DBREINDEX. And then try a shrink again.
>--
>Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
>"Ron B." <RonB@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
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B1401C97E44C@.microsoft.com...
>>I have a db with an allocated size of 24.3 GB, but only
2.9 GB used. This
>> leaves just enough room on the partition for the
nightly backup files, but I
>> keep getting a msg saying that the drive is almost
full. I cannot resize the
>> partition, and shrinking the db does not change the
allocation size. How can
>> I reduce the allocation size and free up some disk
space? Thanks in advance
>> for any suggestions.
>
>.
>|||In message <636A452B-109A-439C-8DA4-B1401C97E44C@.microsoft.com>, Ron B.
<RonB@.discussions.microsoft.com> writes
>I have a db with an allocated size of 24.3 GB, but only 2.9 GB used. This
>leaves just enough room on the partition for the nightly backup files, but I
>keep getting a msg saying that the drive is almost full. I cannot resize the
>partition, and shrinking the db does not change the allocation size. How can
>I reduce the allocation size and free up some disk space? Thanks in advance
>for any suggestions.
Using Enterprise Manager and Query Analyser:
1) EM - Backup the database and log file in question.
2) QA - Use DBCC DBREINDEX on each table in your database.
(May be better using a cursor in sproc - saves typing).
3) EM - Backup the database and log file again.
4) EM - Use tools 'Truncate Transaction Log' if log file too big.
5) EM - Use tools 'Shrink Database'.
Obviously, the backup at step 1 should be kept for good measure (just in
case) however the backup at step 3 can be deleted.
In SQL Server 7, the Shrink Database does not work very well, if at all,
until a backup has been performed. The re-indexing is required to reduce
fragmentation before a shrink is tried. I have found from time to time
that the above process needs to be run twice to get the actual physical
files to shrink any, specially if it has not been done for a very long
time.
Kind Regards,
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