Preface
My current day job is developing SharePoint-based web applications. On Thursday, September 11 (coincidence), the SharePoint site became unresponsive. It was not storing any new data, but viewing existing data was still possible. This was important as I have end-users that rely on reports stored in Document Libraries. The daily reports would not save onto the website.
I’m sure that this article is SQL Server Administration 101 for most folks. For those diving into SharePoint with no DBA, this could be a lifesaver.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Transaction Log Deletion – what happens when I lost the WSS_Content transaction log
Chapter 2: The Recovery – the steps to recovering the corrupt MDF file
Chapter 3: Prevention – best practices for database and transaction log backup and truncation