Here is a list of error messages that can be given during an unsuccessful Backup or Restore.
Backup
| Error | Meaning |
|---|---|
Bad Parameter.:"Backup..." is invalid Bad parameter.: *.* is repeated in the list Bad parameter.: DB "..." is included multiple times Bad parameter.: "..." is included multiple times Bad parameter.: nothing to back up! Unrecognized backup url scheme: ... syntax error: ... |
Something is wrong with the BACKUP statement, please double check |
Generic Error: no user DB found Bad parameter.: Hidden database '...' cannot be backed up No such database: '...' Not found: Object "..." does not exist Not found: There are more than one "..." Backup only supported for TABLES right now: ... |
Trying to backup something that cannot be backed-up, or doesn't exist |
Representation is unavailable: ... Generic Backup Error: Couldn't find baserep for ... Generic Backup Error: Couldn't find columns for ... |
Trying to backup something currently unavailable |
Bad backup URL: ... | Unable to parse URL or connect to FTP server |
Backup already exists in create: ... | There is already a backup at that location |
Upload of slice was truncated on remote host: ... | File written to backup was shorter than it should have been |
EXCLUDING *.* is invalid | Would backup nothing |
“...” is repeated in the EXCLUDING clause | Object is excluded more than once |
Restore
| Error | Meaning |
|---|---|
Bad parameter.: "RESTORE ..." is invalid Bad parameter.: Global wildcard *.* is used together with other targets Bad parameter.: DB "..." already exists on server or in the target list Bad parameter.: Target "..." already exists Bad parameter.: "..." is repeated in the target list Generic Backup Error: newdbnames array length must be same as dbnames Unrecognized backup url scheme: ... syntax error: ... |
Something is wrong with the RESTORE statement |
Bad backup URL: ... | Unable to parse URL or connect to FTP server |
Unable to open backup for url: ... | Cannot open backup directory on FTP server |
Backup not available for restore: ... | This backup did not complete successfully |
DB not found in backup: ... | Trying to restore something that is not in the backup |
Object not found in backup: ... | |
DB already exists in the target location: ... Generic Backup Error: could not parse create statement: ... | Cannot create object |
Unable to validate CREATE statement: ... | Created object does not match backed-up object |
Generic Backup Error: could not parse column types from backup table "..." Column type mismatch during restore: ... Hash layout mismatch during restore: ... | |
Unable to locate stored CRC of file: ... Backup CRC Mismatch: ... Unable to locate uncompressed length of file: ... |
Backup is corrupt |
Restore truncated by incomplete read: ... | Read too little data for a row |
“...” is repeated in the EXCLUDING clause | Object is excluded more than once |
Relation not found: While restoring object db_name.obj_name... | The object noted references another that does not exist. The missing object is shown in parenthesis. For example, this error occurs if a table was excluded from the backup, but the associated views or triggers were not. |
Zlib errors
| Error | Meaning |
|---|---|
Internal Error: Unexpected buffering stop | Internal buffering error |
Internal Error: Unexpected stop |
FTP Errors
| Error | Meaning |
|---|---|
File not found | |
FTP Socket Closed | |
Invalid argument to API | Bad internal usage of our FTP interface |
Socket timeout while waiting for server response | |
Unexpected error response from server | |
Unexpected response to PASS command | |
Unexpected response to USER command | |
Unexpected temporary error response from server |
SFTP Errors
| Error | Meaning |
|---|---|
A file that isn’t a directory was specified when a directory is required | |
An attempt was made to modify something on a read-only file system | |
Bad file descriptor | |
Broken pipe | There is no process reading from the other end of a pipe |
Directory not empty, where an empty directory was expected | Typically, this error occurs when you are trying to delete a directory |
File exists | An existing file was specified in a context where it only makes sense to specify a new file |
No space left on device | Write operation on a file failed because the disk is full |
No such device or address | The system tried to use the device represented by a file you specified, and it couldn’t find the device |
No such file or directory | |
Permission denied | |
SSH authentication failed | |
SSH timeout | The SSH server closed the connection due to a timeout |
The socket is not connected to anything | You get this error when you try to transmit data over a socket, without first specifying a destination for the data |
Too many levels of symbolic links were encountered in looking up a file name | This often indicates a cycle of symbolic links |
Unexpected SSH error | Something happened during the SSH protocol that we didn't expect |
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