Can I delete SQL Server dump files?

Is it OK to delete dump files?

You can delete memory dumps to free up space on your hard disk. This task can be accomplished by using the Data Cleanup Utility. However, if you want to delete it permanently from the system, then using a data erasure tool like Stellar BitRaser for File is your best available option.

What is SQL Server dump file?

Summary. The Sqldumper.exe utility is included with Microsoft SQL Server. It generates memory dumps of SQL Server and of related processes for debugging purposes. This article describes how to use the Sqldumper.exe utility to generate a dump file for Watson error reporting or for debugging tasks.

Can I delete SQL Server PolyBase dump files?

After restarting the SQL Server and the PolyBase service, you will see the PolyBase components are running. Then there will be no more garbage dump files created in the SQL Server log folder. And, you probably need to manually delete the previous dump files to get the lost space back.

Is it safe to delete SQL log files?

If you don´t need to recover anything you can delete de logs. If you have the logs in several files just delete de older ones and keep more recent, just in case. If your recovery method is full then those logs are your backups so definetly make sure that you back them up first!