Manage WIP Repository Database Size
- Jean-Philippe Golay
Don’t check-in huge files
WIP repository is not designed to store large files, like QVD or videos. It can do it but the size of the database will quickly become huge, and this is not the purpose of a version control system, so use a backup system for this purpose.
Delete unnecessary files and version
If you delete a file in WIP, it is put in the recycle bin. If you want to recover space, you need to empty recycle bin or physically delete files pressing the Recycle Bin button
Purge Database
You can delete old versions and keep only the X latest ones keeping the versions that have been published to production. The option is available in the WIP Setup under the Database tab, set the #Version to keep and #Month to Keep and press the Purge database button.
WIP Setup will physically delete the not published versions matching the criteria.
Recovering SQL Server Database Space
Note: if you use MS SQL Server Express database, the data size is limited to 10 GB, you should be careful not to exceed this value otherwise the program will stop working.
Deleting versions or purge database will have no effect on the database file size. In order to recover space please consult the following link.
SQL Server Transaction Log Backup, Truncate and Shrink Operations
This script will shrink the database and then the log change the name of “Backup” database here
ALTER DATABASE Backup
SET RECOVERY SIMPLE
GO
DBCC SHRINKFILE (Backup, 1)
GO
DBCC SHRINKFILE (Backup_log, 1)
GO
ALTER DATABASE Backup_TDD
SET RECOVERY FULL
Shrink the log after backup