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18 Januari 2012

SQL Server - Error 3205 Too Many Backup Devices Specified

Apply to:
* Microsoft SQL Server 2000
* Microsoft SQL Server 2005




Error Message :

When you are trying to restore a backup created on a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 instance  

to a different Microsoft SQL Server instance 

using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, you get the following error:


An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch  

(Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo) 

Additional information: 

Too many backup devices specified for backup or restore; only 64 are allowed. 

RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3205)




Cause:

You are trying to restore a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database 
into Microsoft SQL Server 2000 instance.

Backups created with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 
cannot be restored to an earlier version of SQL Server(1).



Solution:

   1. Make sure you are restoring to the intended SQL Server instance.
   2. Run the following command "SELECT @@version" 
on the target instance of the restore operation, 
and make sure you are not restoring to a SQL Server 2000 instance.


References:

(1) Books Online 2005 (April 2006) - RESTORE (Transact-SQL)


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