I have problem when trying to restore .bak file to SQL server 2008
it is the error message.
"The volume on device 'C:...\test.bak' is empty.
RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error:3254)"
what does it mean? is it this file has corrupted?
Thanks.
There are several regions for this error.
One cause of a error is version of your SQL Server.
Before further check you must go through this Artical.
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i'm getting this error when i'm trying to restore a database with a .bak extension file.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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An exception occurred while executing a batch or Transact-SQL statement. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
The media family on media '****.bak' is incorrect. SQL Server cannot process it.
RESTORE HEADERONLY terminated abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3241)
Any help and thanks.
I took a full backup of a SQL Server 2005 database, then restored it onto SQL Server 2008. I'm curious, was it a 2008 database at that point?
Anyways, I since did a full backup of it using SQL Server 2008 and now I have a machine with only SQL Server 2012 Express on it. When I try to restore from the backup file I get the following error:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Restore of database 'CodeLib' failed. >(Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.RelationalEngineTasks)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error '5(Access is denied.)' while attempting 'RestoreContainer::ValidateTargetForCreation' on 'D:\SQLdata\MSSQL10_50.SQLBESI\MSSQL\DATA\CodeLib.mdf'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended)
I ran SSMS as an Admin when I tried to restore it.
In SQL Server 2008, I have a database which exceeds 10GB in size. I cleaned up the database and took a backup from it. Backup file size is 160MB.
Once I try to restore this backup file to SQL Server 2008 R2, an error popups.
I have already done this process earlier with same server-different database.
But that database size was smaller.
Please help me to restore database.
I have a backup file taken from a SQL Server 2000 database and I'm trying to restore it to a 2008 database. However, I'm getting this error:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo) The media family on device 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\customers.bak' is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family. RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3241)
I am the one who originally took the backup (years ago). It was a hosted SQL Server. If I remember correctly, I got the backup using some sort of online "control panel"
SQL 2000 SP4 database can be upgraded on-the-fly to SQL 2008 (including restore-upgrade). See Version and Edition Upgrades. If you get that message most likely the media is corrupted.
In SQL Server 2008, follow these steps
Create New database with the same name as in SQL Server 2000
After writing database name, go to Options tab
In Compatibility Level dropdown select 'SQL Server 2000 (80)
After creating database, go to Task and select restore
After selecting restore resource go to options tab and select 'Overwrite the existing database (With Replace)
Your database will be restored
When I restore SQL database by using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, it fails and give me this message:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Restore failed for Server 'app1'.
(Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Restore+Server&LinkId=20476
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An exception occurred while executing
a Transact-SQL statement or batch.
(Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
The file or filegroup
"SilosFollow_log" cannot be selected
for this operation. RESTORE DATABASE
is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft
SQL Server, Error: 3219)
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.1399&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=3219&LinkId=20476
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OK
NB Database owner is not the backup user name.
When you configure the restore, make sure you aren't using data/log files that are in use by a database that is currently running (probably the database you're restoring on top of).
It makes the data directory a mess, but I give my data/log files a Rev. number when I restore databases so I don't run into that issue.
Are you sure SilosFollow_log is a database backup and not a transaction log backup?
In order to restore transaction log backups you must first have restored a full database backup and any differential backups. Then you can restore the transaction log backups in turn.