September 2010
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When you back up a transaction log by using T-SQL, you use the BACKUP LOG command, which includes all the previously listed options except the DIFFERENTIAL option. (Differential backups do not apply to transaction logs.) Several additional options are available for transaction log backups. The following abbreviated syntax for the BACKUP LOG command shows the options used exclusively for backing up transaction logs:

The options specific to BACKUP LOG are discussed in detail in the following sections.
NO_TRUNCATE OptionYou use the NO_TRUNCATE option when the log is available, but the database is ...
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