Event:10211 See <Note:32969.1> for similar events / parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~ Version/Use: 7.0 - 8.1.7 Check data block integrity after each modification 9.0+ This event is no longer valid. Use <Parameter:DB_BLOCK_CHECKING> instead. 7.0 - 8.1.7 "Check data block integrity after each modification" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: Events should NEVER be set by customers unless advised to do so by Oracle Support Services. Read <Note:75713.1> before setting any event. Summary Syntax: This event should be set at instance level: EVENT="10211 trace name context forever, level 10" Levels: This event is either ON (level 1 or higher) or OFF (not set) Note that in 8.1.6 onwards you should use the <Parameter:DB_BLOCK_CHECKING> instead of this event. Description/Steps: Event:10211 enables index block integrity checking. The causes the index layer to perform a number of checks on the contents of a index block. If the block is found to be corrupt in some way it is marked as SOFTWARE CORRUPT. NB: Blocks are ONLY checked/corrupted when CHANGED. They are NOT checked when accessed for read. Take care with this as if there are blocks in the database which are being accessed happily but have a minor corruption this will mark the block as corrupt. Once a block in an index is marked SOFTWARE CORRUPT it is best to rebuild the entire index. *** WARNING: Releases with <Bug:792610> are best to keep this event disabled as an index corruption can lead to rollback segment corruption which is written to the redo stream. See <Note:32969.1> for more detail of various block checking features. Example Output / Interpreting Output: This event will cause an ORA-600 error to be signalled if a corruption is detected after a data block has been modified. The exact content of the trace file depends on the ORA-600 and the action at the time of the corruption being noticed. Refer to the relevant ORA-600 article for the error which is signalled. Related: Database block checking features <Note:32969.1> Table and Cluster block equivalents <Event:10210> <Event:10212>