How to: Archive more that six SQL Server Error Logs using SSMS / EM
The following post describes how you can configure your SQL Server to archive more than six Errorlog files using SSMS (2008, 2005) or Enterprise Manager GUI.
While I was aware of MS KB # 196909, that describes a way of increasing the number of SQL Server error logs, by way of Registry change, I was looking for something simpler via GUI.
I could finally found a way of doing this from MS-SQL GUI (SSMS or EM) as below:
For SQL 2008 and SQL 2005: via SQL Management Studio
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For SQL 2000: via Enterprise Manager
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Well, that actually made my job lil simpler !
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Comments
- Anonymous
January 31, 2010
This is really amazing thing. I wonder MICROSOFT didnot cover in the KB?