INFO: Need to Init. New Dump Device When Backing Up From Srv (151110)
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This article was previously published under Q151110 SUMMARY
When you use the SQL Server 6.5 Enterprise Manager (SEM) Backup/Restore
dialog box to dump to a dump device for the first time, you need to check
the "Initialize Device" check box. Not doing so will return the following
error message:
The volume label of backup device 'name' could not be obtained. This may
indicate that the device is offline, or that the device is
uninitialized. Please check that the device is ready or marked for
initialization.
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Once you have successfully dumped to the device by checking "Initialize
Device", you can subsequently dump without checking that option. The dump
will then be appended to the device. If you check this option when the
device already contains dump file(s), all existing data on the device will
be overwritten, and the current dump will be the first file on the device.
This change does not affect the Transact SQL DUMP statement but only the
SEM Backup/Restore dialog box.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 3/14/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo kbusage KB151110 |
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