Media family incorrectly formed...Restore filelist ...
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I just backed up msdb locally using SQL Backup.
I fired up SQL Storage Compress and I get an error in the gui:
Is this related to the service starting before SQL Server?
I fired up SQL Storage Compress and I get an error in the gui:
The media family on device 'G:\Restore\Full_(local)_msdb_20120404_173056.sqb' is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family. RESTORE FILELIST is terminating abnormally.The server has been restarted since my last successful compressed restore.
Is this related to the service starting before SQL Server?
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So...we have a 3.27TB raid that doesn't play nice with SSC.
If anyone else has hardware issues like this, drop a note. I've had an open item with support for this drive for over 2 months.
5. Log Analysis:
If restarting the services in the correct order resolves the issue, it confirms the problem was related to the service startup sequence. To prevent this in the future: