I noticed that the first transaction log backup of the day, at 0700 is like 3GB. We run a full backup each night at 22:00. We are a 9-5 shop so there is no real activity overnight. We take TLog backups hourly during the day and they average around 30 MB. How can I find out why this first log backup is so big?
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Sql-server – Why is the First Transaction Log backup of the day huge
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Best Answer
That depends on what is happening in the night.
A database that is truly dormant will normally not have huge transaction log backups.
You may also want to consider either taking a second full backup and a transaction log backup after the nightly maintenance, and use that backup as your base for the day's log backups solely to avoid the massive post-maintenance log file, or to just postpone the full backup and subsequent transaction log backups till after the maintenance.