My SharePoint_Config Database fall over go bang

The other day I was tibnkering on my new demo rig (I love SSD's) and the whole OS Drive locked up on my, causing me to hard-crash the machine.

Uh-ho i thought... my VM was running at crash point... better check it over.

Lo and behold, my rig was dead on reboot. Upon review my config_db was suspect - go figure - and I had to try and get it back (as I was going to lose quite a lot of work if i didn't).

So after a little trawl around I found the following. I hope it helps someone else in the future:

Run this in SQL:

alter database “Sharepoint_config” set emergency

Set DB to single user mode

Run this in SQL to find the SPID for the connection to the Config_DB

sp_who2

disconnect from SQL
ensure SQL Browser service started
open SQL Mgt but dont connect to the server
New Query

Kill SPID# from SP_WHO2 (where # is the SPID noted previously)

use Sharepoint_config
dbcc checkdb ("sharepoint_config", repair_allow_data_loss)

Run the following SQL

ALTER DATABASE DBNAME
SET MULTI_USER

Your DB should now be back and happy

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