How view tape content (sql database) on Windows
Posted: October 18th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: All | 1 Comment »If you need to view content from a Tape to check the current data stored on it (old backups) or .bak files, you can follow the tutorial above:
- Open SQL Server Enterprise Manager (EM or Enterprise Manager)
- Open Console Root
- Open MIcrosoft Sql Servers
- Open Sql Server Group
- Open (local)
- Open Databases
- Right click on your database and select All Tasks and than Backup Database
- Now will open a new window (Sql Server Backup) and you will see an option named Destination, with:
Tape or Disk. - Select Tape and select your tape and click Contents.
*this action takes good minutes, like 10, 15 minutes
Thanks guys!

you saved my life, I hate tapes, I don’t know why tha shits are still being used, really