3169

Product

Name

Event ID

3169

Event Source

MSSQLSERVER

Component

SQLEngine

Symbolic

Name

NA

Message

Text

The database was backed up on a server running version %ls. That version is incompatible

with this server, which is running version %ls. Either restore the database on a server that

supports the backup, or use a backup that is compatible with this server.

Certain features in SQL Server affect the structure of the database files. When you restore a

database to another instance of SQL Server, the file format might not be compatible with a

different version of the SQL Server Database Engine.

For example, this error can be caused by using the vardecimalstorage format in a later version

of SQL Server and then trying to restore the database files in a version earlier than SQL Server

2005 (9.x) Service Pack 2.

Determine the version of SQL Server that is running on the originating server. In SQL Server

Management Studio, either right-click the server and then click

or type

in a query window. Open the database by using the original version of SQL

Server. Investigate the features that are enabled on the original database in the instance of SQL

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