Restore Error

  • Hello Everyone

    I am trying to restore a SQL 2000 database. Yes, I know this is a SQL 2005 section. I connect to the database using SSMS for everything except when working with DTS, then I use EM. I am only wanting to restore this database so that I can work on it at home as well as in the office.

    The error that I am receiving is this

    "The Backed-up database has an on disk structure version 611. The serversupports version 539 and cannot restore or upgrade this database."

    I receive the same error weather I use EM or SSMS to try and restore.

    Any clue as to what the problem may be?

    Thanks in advance

    Andrew SQLDBA

  • It appears that you are going the wrong direction with that. You have a SQL 2005 database trying to restore to a SQL 2000 Instance - not possible.

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  • I agree with Jason, that is not a SQL2000 backup you are trying to restore, as shown by the version nos in the error message.

    Its telling you this backup is too high a version to be restored to this SQL instance.

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  • Actually, it is a SQL 2000 database that I took the backup using SSMS, instead of SQL EM. I would not have thought it would have made a difference, but it does. I used SQL EM, took a full backup and it works fine to restore.

    Thanks for the advice and info

    Andrew SQLDBA

  • Most Odd.

    What is the value of the database_version column in msdb..backupset for each of these backups you are trying to restore?

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  • I would have to agree that that seems odd.

    My expectation then would be that SSMS is altering the DB backup somehow to append the 2005 db version.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
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  • i think i've seen this before, where version 539 is not a release-to-market version of SQL , but one of the preview versions.

    I had that issue where i could not restore a production db, because i was not running an RTM version.

    ended up having to install a non-preview versiomn to restore it.

    Lowell


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