How the Initial VLF sequence number gets decided of the default transaction log file

In last three years, I presented two times on the topic Transaction Log File Architecture. During the sessions, when I discussed the undocumented command DBCC LOGINFO, one of the common questions which I got – ‘How the Initial VLF sequence number gets decided of the default transaction log file’?  In this tip, I will show you how the […]

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SQL Server 2017 – DMF – sys.dm_db_log_info

The release of Microsoft SQL Server 2017 brought a lot of very interesting new features. One of them is the addition of DMF sys.dm_db_log_info. It allows having a look at the structure of the transaction log without using the undocumented DBCC LOGINFO command.  DMF – sys.dm_db_log_info It returns VLF information of the transaction log file […]

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