Shrink Sharepoint Config Database

Question

Dear Experts,
Is it wise to Shrink Sharepoint_Config databases in MOSS 2007 / MOSS 2010 .  The log files grow upto 40 GB and consume disk soace. Is ther a way to find what may be causing this.
Thanks,
Kunal Jaiswal

Answer 1

ou can always shrink your SQL server log file and set the database to simple recovery so that log files dont grow more. but this will be a problem when you plan to recover database.
http://microtechpoint.com/index.php?route=blog/article&article_id=10
Expand the Databases node and expand User Databases
Right-click the database, and click Properties,
which opens the Database Properties dialog
box.
In the Select a page pane, click Options.
View the current recovery model in the Recovery model
list box, which should be set to Full
Click the dropdown arrow in the recovery model section
and select the Simple recovery model
Click OK.
Right-click on the same database name and click Task-> Shrink->
Files 
Use the File type drop-down menu and choose Log
You can use the default setting of Release Unused Space or select Reorganize pages before releasing unused space, and you can specify the file size by supplying a value in the Shrink file to option.
           Note:
the shrink may take some time depending on how large the file is and how much it has to shrink.
After the shrink completes, change the recovery model back to Full by clicking the recovery model dropdown arrow and selecting the Full recovery
model
Keep it simple of you dont want to have log files
http://www.satheesh.net/2011/04/05/how-to-shrink-sql-sharepoint-database-log-files/
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