Re: Newbie Question on DB Maintenance Plan

DataPro (datapro01@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
If a database is set to full recovery mode, and in setting up a
database maintenance plan you specify a database backup, why in the
wizard is the question asked if you want to back up the transaction
log?

In a db designated full recovery mode wouldn't that be automatic when
taking a backup?

No, you back up the transaction log independetly from the database.
It's a common mistake to run in full recovery but fail to take
transaction log backup. This leads to that the log keeps growing.

On the other hand, if you run simple recovery, you get forget all
about the transaction log.


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