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2809950 - Dump database to nul device on Windows - SAP ASE

Symptom

  • How to dump a database to the nul device on Windows ?

  • A dump database to Windows nul device fails with 'Unsupported device type' message :

    dump database model to 'nul'
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    Backup Server: 4.18.2.1: Unsupported device type. The stat() system call returned type '2000' for 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\nul'. Refer to your operating system documentation for more details.


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Environment

  • SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) all versions
  • SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition (ASE CE) all versions
  • Windows

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7 Cluster Edition ; SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 ; Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition 15.7

Keywords

Sybase, ASEServer, SAPASE, dataserver, backupserver, dump, /dev/null, testing, performance, windows , nul , null , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , BC-SYB-ASE-CE , ASE Cluster Edition (Standalone) , Product Enhancement

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