SQL Server Get free space in all files in an Instance

SQL Server Get free space in all files in an Instance:

As DBAs we are always challenged of unexpected size growth of log or data files and need to shrink files based on available free space in each file. Most of the times we are stuck and do a lot of scripting to find the free space available in each data or log files for an SQL Database. Here is a simple query which will return free space available in all data and log files of all the databases in an instance of your SQL Server. By providing the parameters facilitated in the script you can get free space in a particular database or on a particular drive.

SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @DBName NVARCHAR(100) = NULL, --Provide DBName if looking for a specific database or leave to get all databases details
        @Drive NVARCHAR(2) = NULL --Mention drive letter if you are concerned of only a single drive where you are running out of space
 
DECLARE @cmd NVARCHAR(4000)
IF (SELECT OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#DBName')) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #DBName
CREATE TABLE #DBName (Name NVARCHAR(100))
 
IF @DBName IS NOT NULL
INSERT INTO #DBName SELECT @DBName
ELSE
INSERT INTO #DBName SELECT Name FROM sys.databases WHERE state_desc = 'ONLINE'
 
IF (SELECT OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.##FileStats')) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE ##FileStats
CREATE TABLE ##FileStats (ServerName NVARCHAR(100), DBName NVARCHAR(100), FileType NVARCHAR(100), 
FileName NVARCHAR(100), CurrentSizeMB FLOAT, FreeSpaceMB FLOAT, PercentMBFree FLOAT, FileLocation NVARCHAR(1000))
 
WHILE (SELECT TOP 1 * FROM #DBName) IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
 
    SELECT @DBName = MIN(Name) FROM #DBName
 
    SET @cmd = 'USE [' + @DBName + ']
    INSERT INTO ##FileStats
    SELECT @@ServerName AS ServerName, DB_NAME() AS DbName, 
    CASE WHEN type = 0 THEN ''DATA'' ELSE ''LOG'' END AS FileType,
    name AS FileName, 
    size/128.0 AS CurrentSizeMB,  
    size/128.0 - CAST(FILEPROPERTY(name, ''SpaceUsed'') AS INT)/128.0 AS FreeSpaceMB,
    100*(1 - ((CAST(FILEPROPERTY(name, ''SpaceUsed'') AS INT)/128.0)/(size/128.0))) AS PercentMBFree,
    physical_name AS FileLocation
    FROM sys.database_files'
     
    IF @Drive IS NOT NULL
    SET @cmd = @cmd + ' WHERE physical_name LIKE ''' + @Drive + ':\%'''
 
    EXEC sp_executesql @cmd
     
    DELETE FROM #DBName WHERE Name = @DBName
     
END
 
SELECT FreeSpaceMB*100/CurrentSizeMB AS PercentFree, * FROM ##FileStats
ORDER BY FreeSpaceMB DESC

DROP TABLE #DBName
DROP TABLE ##FileStats

Happy Troubleshooting.

Regards

Manohar Punna

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