7.2. Block Corruption Symptoms

The detection of block corruption involves using multiple diagnostic logs to identify that corruption has occurred. These methods include monitoring and reading the log files from the operating system, application, and database level. If audit functions are enabled at the operating system level, these audit logs can be reviewed as well.

System logs vary for each operating system:

  • In a Windows environment, the Event Viewer shows the contents of the system log. The Event Viewer is evoked by choosing Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management.

  • In a Unix environment, the SYSLOG file contains the system ...

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