Can I delete SQL Server PolyBase dump files?

Is it safe to delete SQL dump files?

If your log folder has several dumps for a few years ago and then no dumps for several months, then a few recent dumps, you can safely delete the old dumps.

What is SQL Server PolyBase?

What is PolyBase? PolyBase enables your SQL Server instance to query data with T-SQL directly from SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, MongoDB, Hadoop clusters, Cosmos DB without separately installing client connection software.

How do I stop SQL Server SQL dump files?

Find the root cause and fix it. Start by patching your server to SP3. If the stack dumps persist (indicative of a severe problem) contact Customer Support. in my experience these dumps are caused by a corrupted database file, with DBCC generating error logs every minute so long as the database is online.

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.