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Database Event Category | Microsoft Docs

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Database event category [SQL Server]

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Database Event Category

The Database event category contains event classes to monitor the [!INCLUDEssDEnoversion].

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Topic	Description
Data File Auto Grow Event Class	Indicates that the data file grew automatically. This event is not triggered if the data file is grown explicitly through ALTER DATABASE.
Data File Auto Shrink Event Class	Indicates that the data file has been shrunk.
Database Mirroring Connection Event Class	An event generated to report the status of a transport connection for database mirroring.
Database Mirroring State Change Event Class	Indicates when the state of a mirrored database changes.
Database Suspect Data Page Event Class	Indicates when a page is added to the suspect_pages table in the msdb database.
Log File Auto Grow Event Class	Indicates that the log file grew automatically. This event is not triggered if the log file is grown explicitly through ALTER DATABASE.
Log File Auto Shrink Event Class	Indicates that the log file grew automatically. This event is not triggered if the log file shrinks explicitly through ALTER DATABASE.