Sharepoint_Config mdb (not ldf) file growing

Question

Hi,
My Sharepoint_Config mdb (not the ldf log file) keeps growing a couple of GBs each week. Transaction log backups are done every hour so the ldf file is not growing. SharePoint_Config is in full recovery mode. The cause may be because I am doing
a PowerShell full farm backup once a day.
Has anyone encountered this before, and what is your recommendation? What is the best way to keep the mdb file small or shrink the mdb file?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Can you check the size of each table? Run the following on your Configuration database. Run it a few days later to see what has changed:
SELECT
t.NAME AS TableName,
s.Name AS SchemaName,
p.rows AS RowCounts,
SUM(a.total_pages) * 8 AS TotalSpaceKB,
SUM(a.used_pages) * 8 AS UsedSpaceKB,
(SUM(a.total_pages) - SUM(a.used_pages)) * 8 AS UnusedSpaceKB
FROM
sys.tables t
INNER JOIN
sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id
INNER JOIN
sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID AND i.index_id = p.index_id
INNER JOIN
sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN
sys.schemas s ON t.schema_id = s.schema_id
WHERE
t.NAME NOT LIKE 'dt%'
AND t.is_ms_shipped = 0
AND i.OBJECT_ID > 255
GROUP BY
t.Name, s.Name, p.Rows
ORDER BY
t.Name
My assumption would be that the TimerJobHistory table is growing.
Trevor Seward
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