The database is technically online but inaccessible to users. You will see it in SSMS Object Explorer with a yellow warning icon and (Recovery Pending) next to its name.

-- 1. Take database offline (force close any lingering handles) ALTER DATABASE YourDatabaseName SET OFFLINE;

-- Shrink log if possible (after freeing disk space) DBCC SHRINKFILE (YourDatabaseName_log, 1024); -- Target 1 GB

| Practice | Implementation | |----------|----------------| | | Run every 15–30 minutes for full recovery model | | Monitor disk space | Alert when log drive <10% free | | Do not manually delete .ldf files | Ever. Use ALTER DATABASE ... MODIFY FILE to relocate | | Test restores | Monthly restore drills validate backup integrity | | Set database to SIMPLE recovery if point-in-time recovery not required | Reduces log management complexity | | Use DBCC CHECKDB weekly | Catches corruption early |

Contact Microsoft CSS if:

If the drive housing your data or log files is full, SQL Server cannot initialize the recovery process.

Recovery Pending Sql [repack] -

The database is technically online but inaccessible to users. You will see it in SSMS Object Explorer with a yellow warning icon and (Recovery Pending) next to its name.

-- 1. Take database offline (force close any lingering handles) ALTER DATABASE YourDatabaseName SET OFFLINE;

-- Shrink log if possible (after freeing disk space) DBCC SHRINKFILE (YourDatabaseName_log, 1024); -- Target 1 GB

| Practice | Implementation | |----------|----------------| | | Run every 15–30 minutes for full recovery model | | Monitor disk space | Alert when log drive <10% free | | Do not manually delete .ldf files | Ever. Use ALTER DATABASE ... MODIFY FILE to relocate | | Test restores | Monthly restore drills validate backup integrity | | Set database to SIMPLE recovery if point-in-time recovery not required | Reduces log management complexity | | Use DBCC CHECKDB weekly | Catches corruption early |

Contact Microsoft CSS if:

If the drive housing your data or log files is full, SQL Server cannot initialize the recovery process.

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