All,
I have a database that has 30% unallocated space for the data file. This file is taking up almost my entire disk space so I simply need to shrink it down; however when I attempt to run DBCC SHRINKFILE it does nothing. I am trying to shrink the file past its initialized size but from my understanding DBCC SHRINKFILE will allow you to do this. I am not trying to shrink less that what it needs to hold the data just enough to get me by a little longer until I can allocate some more SAN storage. I am running SQL Server 2005 EE X64 CU 10.
I have run DBCC UPDATEUSAGE and then run sp_updatestats thinking the numbers may be off causing it not to shrink the file but this did not help. I have tried making backups of the database with no luck. I have also tried just releasing the unused space with no luck. I don't receive any errors it just will not change the size of the data file.
My only other thoughts are that I do have two tables that have indexes that take up ~12 GB worth of space. Could it be possible if these indexes are terribly fragmented they are keeping the file from shrinking?
Thanks,
C
I have a database that has 30% unallocated space for the data file. This file is taking up almost my entire disk space so I simply need to shrink it down; however when I attempt to run DBCC SHRINKFILE it does nothing. I am trying to shrink the file past its initialized size but from my understanding DBCC SHRINKFILE will allow you to do this. I am not trying to shrink less that what it needs to hold the data just enough to get me by a little longer until I can allocate some more SAN storage. I am running SQL Server 2005 EE X64 CU 10.
I have run DBCC UPDATEUSAGE and then run sp_updatestats thinking the numbers may be off causing it not to shrink the file but this did not help. I have tried making backups of the database with no luck. I have also tried just releasing the unused space with no luck. I don't receive any errors it just will not change the size of the data file.
My only other thoughts are that I do have two tables that have indexes that take up ~12 GB worth of space. Could it be possible if these indexes are terribly fragmented they are keeping the file from shrinking?
Thanks,
C