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.

Either:

• The contents of the device were not written by the BACKUP statement.
• The device contains a Microsoft® SQL Server™ version 6.x database dump. SQL Server 7.0 cannot restore backups from earlier versions of SQL Server.
• The contents of the device have been damaged.

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