Unable to start Spotfire Server service. "Error : The transaction log for database 'SPOTFIREDBNAME' is full due to 'LOG_BACKUP' "
Article ID: KB0080683
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
|---|---|
| Spotfire Server | All Versions |
Description
Symptoms:
Spotfire server fails to start and the following error is seen in the "catalina.log" (<Spotfire Server Installation Directory>\tomcat\logs\).
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Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to load the configuration
at com.spotfire.server.lifecycle.SpotfireApplicationInitializer.populateServerNameAndVersion(SpotfireApplicationInitializer.java:336)
at com.spotfire.server.lifecycle.SpotfireApplicationInitializer.initRootContext(SpotfireApplicationInitializer.java:176)
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Caused by: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The transaction log for database 'spotfire_server_production' is full due to 'LOG_BACKUP'.
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDatabaseError(SQLServerException.java:217)
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Cause:
This ERROR indicates that there is a space issue on the Spotfire application database mentioned in the error message. The Spotfire Database failed to perform any transaction because of space issues.
Environment
Resolution
Note:
A similar "The transaction log for database 'SPOTFIREDBNAME' is full due to 'LOG_BACKUP' " error can occur in multiple places while performing any library operation if there is a space issue on an SQL based Spotfire application database.
Issue/Introduction
Additional Information
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56628/how-do-you-clear-the-sql-server-transaction-log
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17674973/the-transaction-log-for-the-database-is-full
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