5120

Product Name

Event ID

5120

Event Source

MSSQLSERVER

Component

SQLEngine

Symbolic Name

DSK_FCB_FAILURE

Message Text

Table error: Unable to open the physical file ”%.*ls”. Operating system error %d: “%ls”.

was unable to open a database file. The operating system error provided in the

message points to more specific underlying reasons for the failure. You may commonly see this

error together with other errors like

17204

or

Diagnose and correct the operating system error, then retry the operation. There are multiple

states that can help Microsoft narrow down the area in the product where the area is occurring.

If you are getting the

operating system error = 5, consider these methods:

Check the permissions that are set of the file by looking at the properties of the file in

Windows Explorer. SQL Server uses Windows groups to provision Access Control on the

various file resources. Make sure the appropriate group [with names like

SQLServerMSSQLUser$ComputerName$MSSQLSERVER or

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