Microsoft KB Archive/161125

= FIX: DUMP or LOAD with Tape May Fail on Windows NT 3.51 =

Article ID: 161125

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161125



BUG #: 16346 (6.5)



SYMPTOMS
A SQL Server dump or load with a tape may fail on a computer running Windows NT 3.51 and some SCSI controllers.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do any of the following:


 * Try to put the tape drive on a different SCSI adapter.
 * Upgrade to Windows NT 4.0.
 * Dump to disk files instead of tape files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. This problem has been corrected in U.S. Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server version 6.5. For more information, contact your primary support provider.



MORE INFORMATION
The following are some of the possible errors that can be seen in the SQL Server errorlog:

Error : 3201

Can't open dump device ' ', device error or device off line.

Please consult the SQL Server error log for more details.

kernel Unnamed tape \\.\tape0 mounted on tape drive \\.\tape0

kernel tprhdrs: failed to seek Tape Mark, operating system error:

1101 (A tape access reached a filemark.)

kernel tbsreadhdr: Tape rejected

kernel tprvol: read returned 1104 (no more data is on the tape.)

reading volume header

Additional query words: 6.50 blocksize backup restore

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbinterop kbhardware KB161125

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