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Don’t Run CHKDSK while SQL Server (or other RDBMS) is Running

Published 2024-08-12 by Kevin Feasel

Randolph West has a public service announcement:

On behalf of every database administrator everywhere, I implore you not to run CHKDSK on a system that has a live database installed and running. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • SQLite
  • Oracle
  • DB2

Read on to learn why.

Published in Administration, Corruption and Storage