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Interview Question of the Week #015 – How to Move TempDB to Different Drive

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Here is one of the most popular questions I often come across-

Question – How to move the TempDB to different drive when the log files are filled?

Answer – In most of the cases which I have observed one has to move the TempDB to different drive when TempDB log file is filled up or one believes when moving to different drive will help the growth of the file. Sometimes user also moves to different drive due to performance reasons as keeping TempDB on a different drive from your main database helps.

Here is the error user usually engage when they come across TempDB log file growth.

The LOG FILE FOR DATABASE ‘tempdb’ IS FULL.
Back up the TRANSACTION LOG FOR the DATABASE TO free up SOME LOG SPACE

Here is my earlier blog post where I have described how one can change the TempDB location to another drive SQL SERVER – TempDB is Full. Move TempDB from one drive to another drive.

Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

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