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2028905 - Restoring an archive backup to a running database in the same directory and receiving "The file database.db exists. You must specify a new file" or "The Database archive could not be restored. Restore unable to open file"

Symptom

  • When trying to restore from an archive backup in Sybase Central, you receive the error "The file 'C:\Path' exists. You must specify a new file"
  • When trying to restore from an archive backup in Sybase Central, you receive the error "RESTORE unable to open file 'C:\Path'"


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Environment

SAP SQL Anywhere (All Versions)

Product

SAP SQL Anywhere 16.0 ; SAP SQL Anywhere 17.0 ; SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere 12.0

Keywords

Sybase , KBA , BC-SYB-SQA , SQL Anywhere (on premise, on demand) , Problem

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