Microsoft KB Archive/130855

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SNA Server Admin Backup Option Requires a File Extension

Article ID: 130855

Article Last Modified on 12/8/2003

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft SNA Server 2.0, when used with:
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft SNA Server 2.1, when used with:
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft SNA Server 3.0, when used with:
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q130855

SYMPTOMS

When you back up an SNA Server configuration using SNA Server Admin, you must specify a file extension. If you do not specify a file extension, the following error message appears:

Error: 3859
The configuration filename is invalid.
Verify that a primary or Backup server is running in the domain you
are trying to administer.

NOTE: This does not happen in SNA Server version 3.0 (Manager).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, specify a file extension when backing up your configuration file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 2.0, 2.1, and 2.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsna

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork kbpending KB130855

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