3013

Product Name

Event ID

3013

Event Source

MSSQLSERVER

Component

SQLEngine

Symbolic

Name

DMP_ABORT

Message Text

BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally /RESTORE DATABASE is terminating

abnormally.

This error is a generic error that occurs when a backup or restore operation is interrupted

unexpectedly. You see 3013 raised together with other error messages that provide more

specific insight into the cause of the backup failure. Examples would include read or writes

failure from/to the backup media or other unexpected Win32 API call failures.

There could be many various causes for an abnormal termination of a backup or a restore in. Here’s a list of common reasons:

Insufficient disk space

Incorrect path to the backup storage device

The backup file/device is already open by another program

Backup media device failure or malfunction

Database corruption - if the database is corrupt, the backup or restore operation may fail.

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