SQL Restore databse error

João Resende (1141504) 6 Reputation points
2021-10-20T16:29:30.987+00:00

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Hello community

I just started learning SQL and I am already facing a problem. When I try to restore the database it keeps appearing this error and I can't import the database., as you can see in the image.
Do you have some idea how can I solve it??

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  1. Olaf Helper 40,656 Reputation points
    2021-10-26T09:58:56.78+00:00

    Microsoft SQL Server 2016

    You can not restore a 2019 database on a lower SQL Server version like here 2016, that's impossible and cause the error you got.

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  2. Erland Sommarskog 100.8K Reputation points MVP
    2021-10-20T21:34:49.967+00:00

    I don't know why Alberto is talk about Azure. To me it seems that you are trying to restore the backup on your laptop.

    The message makes me think that the backup file has been damaged somehow. But try this command: 

    RESTORE DATABASE AdventureWorks2019 FROM DISK = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.15.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Backup\AdventureWorks2019.bak'
WITH MOVE 'AdventureWorks2019' TO 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.15.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Data\AdventureWorks2019.mdf',
     MOVE 'AdventureWorks2019_log' TO 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.15.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Data\AdventureWorks2019.ldf'

    Maybe you get some error messages that gives us more information.

  3. YufeiShao-msft 7,051 Reputation points
    2021-10-21T06:04:20.347+00:00

    Hi @João Resende (1141504) ，

    backup media verification failed

    run the following code to verify the backup is not corrupted: 

    RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = 'D:\AdventureWorks.bak';  
GO

    about possible media errors:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/backup-restore/possible-media-errors-during-backup-and-restore-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15

    and try to disable checksums during a restore operation 

    RESTORE DATABASE AdventureWorks2012     
 FROM DISK = 'Z:\SQLServerBackups\AdvWorksData.bak'    
   WITH NO_CHECKSUM;    
GO

    if backup file is really corrupted, you can use DBCC CHECKDB repair: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/database-console-commands/dbcc-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15

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  4. João Resende (1141504) 6 Reputation points
    2021-10-26T09:11:03.417+00:00

    Hello,
    Thank you for the help.
    So, I tried all the steps above, and I still can't work with the 'AdventureWorks2019'. But I tried to import the 'AdventureWorks2012' just to see what happens and it worked just fine and I'm now doing the course with that database.

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  5. Olaf Helper 40,656 Reputation points
    2021-10-26T09:16:21.123+00:00

    Which SQL Server version are you using? You get the info with 

    select @@version
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