sql server application error log

Alen Cappelletti 1,047 Reputation points
2022-10-19T09:46:42.097+00:00

Hi,
I would you like to know if there is a page describing the exact SQL SERVER and Agent log structure.
For what I see below... there are only 4 fields, is it true?

Is there an explicit field to understand the type of message (info, warning, error)?

I usually read these infos in the text (especially for the error).
THANK YOU
Alen

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  1. Erland Sommarskog 121.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-10-19T21:47:22.707+00:00

    The information is the same as you see in the SQL Server errorlog, which I assume that you are familiar with. The entry in the Windows event log has one additional entry, which tells you that the message comes from, yes, the SQL Server errorlog.

    Else there is a date, and the spid that reported the error. Here it says spid13s. I assume s stands for "system process".

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  1. Shivam Kumar 541 Reputation points
    2022-10-19T10:25:51.707+00:00

    This error message is telling you that your sql server is under memory pressure and thus its paging out to virtual memory on disk and thus your queries will perform slower.
    You can read this information by executing sp_readerrorlog procedure in ssms new query window.
    You need to go and check the server max memory for this sql server and total memory in OS and allocate it accordingly or add more or fix the queries which are taking up all the memory.


  2. Bjoern Peters 8,921 Reputation points
    2022-10-19T11:17:03.503+00:00

    Hi @Alen Cappelletti ,

    As Shivam already mentioned, your SQL Server seems to be under pressure.

    You should check the configuration of your SQL Server, mostly it it the max memory setting (Instance properties -> memory -> max memory which is still on default or set to a too high value.
    Normally it should be set to something like 10% RAM for OS and 90% RAM for SQL (if there is only a DBEngine running without any other apps)

    And you can find more information about your "error" here:
    mssqlserver-17890-database-engine-error


  3. Seeya Xi-MSFT 16,586 Reputation points
    2022-10-20T06:50:28.533+00:00

    Hi @Alen Cappelletti ,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
    You should be more concerned about the message of the error log. Of course, the date is also something to be concerned about.
    In addition, please refer to this document about Monitor and Troubleshoot Memory Usage

    Best regards,
    Seeya


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