InstanceDatabaseLogFile.MaxSize Property

Article
12/03/2008

Gets or sets the maximum size to which the log file can grow.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property MaxSize As String

public string MaxSize { get; set; }

public:
property String^ MaxSize {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

/** @property */
public String get_MaxSize ()

/** @property */
public void set_MaxSize (String value)

public function get MaxSize () : String

public function set MaxSize (value : String)

Property Value

A String, up to 32 characters in length, specifying the maximum log file size.

Remarks

The value for this property must either be the string UNLIMITED or a nonnegative integer indicating the maximum log file size, with an optional suffix to indicate the unit of measure: kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), or terabyte (TB). If the suffix is not specified, the default unit of measure is megabytes (MB).

If you specify UNLIMITED or do not specify a value, the file can grow until the disk is full or until the file is 2 TB.

Set the maximum log file size to at least 10 MB. Notification Services uses additional log space when you create and update the instance.

For more information, see the max_size parameter in the CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL) topic.

Example

The following examples show how to define a log file for an instance database:

InstanceDatabaseLogFile idb_log = 
    new InstanceDatabaseLogFile(idb, "MyInst_LogFile1");
idb_log.FileName = @"C:\NS\Full\MyInst_LogFile1.ldf";
idb_log.InitialSize = "3MB";
idb_log.MaxSize = "10MB";
idb_log.GrowthIncrement = "10%";
idb.InstanceDatabaseLogFiles.Add(idb_log);

Dim idb_log As InstanceDatabaseLogFile = _
    New InstanceDatabaseLogFile(idb, "MyInst_LogFile1")
idb_log.FileName = "C:\NS\Full\MyInst_LogFile1.ldf"
idb_log.InitialSize = "3MB"
idb_log.MaxSize = "10MB"
idb_log.GrowthIncrement = "10%"
idb.InstanceDatabaseLogFiles.Add(idb_log)

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms