[PM-3240] Shrink the database transaction logs after backup #3140
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Without shrinking the transaction logs, mssql will keep them indefinitely.
This would generate a huge log file after some time. In my case this is 27GB
Code changes
Most important change is adding
According to https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/sql/t-sql/database-console-commands/dbcc-shrinkfile-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16
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