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Check Integrity of Database with Suspect Pages

This rule checks for user databases that have the database status set to suspect. When the SQL Server Database Engine reads a database page that contains an 824 error, the page is considered suspect, its page ID is recorded in the suspect_pages table in msdb, and the database that contains the page is set to suspect.

Error 824 indicates that a logical consistency error was detected during a read operation. This error frequently indicates data corruption caused by a faulty I/O subsystem component. This is a severe error condition that threatens database integrity and must be corrected immediately.

Best Practices Recommendations

  • Review the SQL Server error log for the details of the 824 error for this database.

  • Complete a full database consistency check (DBCC CHECKDB).

  • Implement the user actions that are defined in MSSQLSERVER_824.