Add Transaction Log Shrink Job in SQL Server

PowerShell command to create/update Shrink Log Job

The following step will help to add a job in SQL Server Agent to shrink the transaction log size in the Database of VConnect, Billing, Hybr and DACM.

Open a PowerShell window in the SQL Server machine in elevated mode.
Click here for the steps to install / update the CloudAssert.Common PowerShell module.
Click here for the steps to add a SQL Database Connection.
Execute the following command to add Transaction Log Shrink Job.

Add-SqlTransactionLogShrinkJob

Input Description

Input	Description
SQL Connection Name	Name of the SQL database connection created earlier. Ex: `vconnect-sql`
Backup folder path	The path for saving the database backup and log backup. Ex: C:\\Backup
No.of days to purge old backup	The number of days to retain the backup
Hybr Database Name, VConnect Database Name, Billing Database Name, DACM Database Name	Enter 'Y' if it uses the mentioned DB name. Enter 'N' and specify if a different DB name is used.

SQL Connection Name

Name of the SQL database connection created earlier. Ex: vconnect-sql

Backup folder path

The path for saving the database backup and log backup. Ex: C:\\Backup

No.of days to purge old backup

The number of days to retain the backup

Hybr Database Name, VConnect Database Name, Billing Database Name, DACM Database Name

Enter 'Y' if it uses the mentioned DB name. Enter 'N' and specify if a different DB name is used.

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