Sometime when you try to restore a database backup, you got 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)
Above error comes due to following reasons:
Backup file is corrupted.
Solution: If this is the problem then take backup again.
Backup is taken on a higher version of SQL Server and restore is done in some lower version.
Solution: Upgrade the SQL Server where you want to restore.
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)
Above error comes due to following reasons:
Backup file is corrupted.
Solution: If this is the problem then take backup again.
Backup is taken on a higher version of SQL Server and restore is done in some lower version.
Solution: Upgrade the SQL Server where you want to restore.
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