Error 3242

Severity Level 16

Message Text

The file on device '%ls' is not a valid Microsoft Tape Format backup set.

Explanation

The backup device does not contain data in Microsoft Tape Format due to one of the following situations:

• The contents of the backup set were not generated by SQL Server version 7.0 or later.
  
  
• The contents of the backup set have been damaged.

See Also

Backing Up and Restoring Databases

BACKUP

RESTORE

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