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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... 15 more
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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.

This article provides a resolution for the error, "The transaction log for database 'SPOTFIREDBNAME' is full due to 'LOG_BACKUP' " which you may encounter while starting the Spotfire Server service.

OS: All Supported Operating Systems Database: All Supported SQL Database versions.

Check with the Database Administrator for alternatives/possible solutions for responding to a full transaction log in order to free up space for Database transactions.

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.
 

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/ms175495.aspx
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