Microsoft SQL Server Error: 3241 – SQLSERVERLEARNER https://sqlserverlearner.com LEARN SQL SERVER ONLINE Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:55:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 The media family on device is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family Error: 3241 https://sqlserverlearner.com/2011/07/13/the-media-family-on-device-is-incorrectly-formed-sql-server-cannot-process-this-media-family-error-3241/ https://sqlserverlearner.com/2011/07/13/the-media-family-on-device-is-incorrectly-formed-sql-server-cannot-process-this-media-family-error-3241/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:55:43 +0000 https://sqlserverlearner.azurewebsites.net/2011/07/13/the-media-family-on-device-is-incorrectly-formed-sql-server-cannot-process-this-media-family-error-3241/ When you try to restore a backup of the database you get the following error:


The media family on device ” is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family.
RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3241)

This error occurs due to the following problems:

Fix:

  • If you feel backup could be corrupted take the backup again
  • If you are using FTP then use it in binary mode to copy the backup file into local drive
  • If the versions are different then update the SQL Server on the system into which the backup has to be restored
  • Verify the database backup to check what the issue is.
    Following post helps you verify your database backup: Verify SQL Server Database Backup
  • More about using restore verify only this option in SQL Server can be found here

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