JSI Tip 3036. How to restore data from a backup set that contains a missing or corrupted tape?

Jerold Schulman

November 14, 2000

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 244805 contains the following summary:

When trying to restore from a backup set you may encounter the following error message:

This set cannot be cataloged because the media containing the set data is missing.

Windows 2000 Backup (Ntbackup.exe) does not have a /missingtape command-line switch that you can use to restore data from an incomplete multiple tape backup set. For more information about the /missingtape command-line switch, refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:101228 Backup: /MISSINGTAPE Command Line Switch.



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