Error 3203

Backup Server has detected a SQL Server error.

This error can be caused by a hardware problem.

Error 3203 is raised when a problem occurs with a remote procedure call to the Backup Server. In this case, the error is on the Adaptive Server side.

The error message output includes:

vsn – the virtual socket number.
return – the return value: 0 means successful; -2 means failure.
status – the ending status, displayed in decimal value. The most common value is 524288 which usually means an I/O error.

Possible causes for this error are:

Write protect is turned “on” (it must be “off” when loading a tape because the device is opened using read and write permissions).
No dump exists on the media being accessed; for example, you are using a blank tape or specified the wrong device.
The media that contains the dump is not readable.

Check the Adaptive Server and Backup Server error logs to determine the cause of the error being sent from the Adaptive Server.
Test the connection between the Backup Server and the Adaptive Server. Log into the Adaptive Server using isql and type:
```
1> execute <backupserver>...sp_ps
2> go
```
Where <backupserver> is the name of your Backup Server. This command executes sp_ps on the Backup Server.

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