2287739 - About the use of -m server option deleting the transaction log - SQL Anywhere

Symptom

The -m server option provides a way to automatically limit the growth of the transaction log.

This option is convenient, but there is no protection against media failure on the device that contains the database files.
The transaction log is a file that stores all changes to the database. Therefore, when failure occurs after truncation of the transaction log, the complete restoration is to become difficult.

Environment

SQL Anywhere 9 or later

Product

SAP SQL Anywhere 16.0 ; SAP SQL Anywhere 17.0 ; SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere 12.0 ; SQL Anywhere 9.0 ; Sybase SQL Anywhere 10.0 ; Sybase SQL Anywhere 11.0

Keywords

checkpoint, fragmentation, BACKUP DATABASE, full, image, live, recovery, dbvalid , KBA , BC-SYB-SQA-SRV , SQL Anywhere - Server , How To

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