While performing a backup/restore operation with LiteSpeed you get the following error:

 

 

When you use simple.exe to check if the SQLVDI.DLL is functioning correctly, you find that you can perform a backup and restore without any hassles. Now, you are left with a Catch-22 situation. Is it SQL Server or is it Litespeed? How do I get the backup to restore or the database backed up. If it is the latter, then you have another option, take a SQL Native Backup .

 

So, the first clue is the highlighted portion in the above error message which is pointing to a Client Side VDI call stating that the Client initiated the Abort. Now why the client initiated the Abort depends on the how the code in the application is written to generate the Abort request.

 

If you enable logging on LiteSpeed, you might find something similar to the verbose output below:

 

8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: RESTORE log [database name] FROM VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_0′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_1′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_2′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_3′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_4′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_5′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_6′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_7′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_8′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_9′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_10′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_11′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_12′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_13′, VIRTUAL_DEVICE=’VDI_9860C32A-718B-457A-8FC4-7F470843F99A_14′ with blocksize=65536, stats=5, maxtransfersize=1048576, buffercount=30, NORECOVERY, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: VDI::ConfigureVDI -> Read registry value for configuration timeout
8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: VDI::ConfigureVDI -> Waiting 4294967s for backup/restore command to begin
8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: hr=80004005
8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: RESTORE LOG is terminating abnormally.
RESTORE cannot process database ‘<database name>’ because it is in use by this session. It is recommended that the master database be used when performing this operation.
8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: SLS::ExecSQL -> Error: 12309, Msg: SQL Server has returned a failure message to LiteSpeed 2005 which has prevented the operation from succeeding.The following message is not a LiteSpeed 2005 message. Please refer to SQL Server books online or Microsoft technical support for a solution:
8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: SLS::ExecSQL -> End Execute Command
8/15/2009 7:39:27 AM: SLS::ExecSQL -> Wait for VDI config thread
8/15/2009 7:39:47 AM: SLS::ExecSQL -> Forced close the VDI config thread
8/15/2009 7:39:47 AM: SLS::ExecSQL -> Original Msg: RESTORE LOG is terminating abnormally.
RESTORE cannot process database ‘<database name>’ because it is in use by this session. It is recommended that the master database be used when performing this operation.
8/15/2009 7:39:47 AM: SLS::ExecSQL -> Error: 12300, Msg: RESTORE LOG is terminating abnormally.
RESTORE cannot process database ‘<database name>’ because it is in use by this session. It is recommended that the master database be used when performing this operation.
8/15/2009 7:39:47 AM: Error: 12300, Msg: SLS::ExecSQL -> user exception
8/15/2009 7:39:47 AM: Error: 12300, Msg: SLS::execSQL -> End execute with unsuccessfull return code

The above set of messages can be misleading at times. This is a known issue with LiteSpeed when they call the client side version GetConfiguration function. This error happens if any login logged into the SQL instance has their default database set to the database that is currently being restored. This problem will manifest even if the SQL Service Account’s default database is the database being restored. The problem doesn’t occur on LiteSpeed version 4.8 to version 5.1. The problem will occur ONLY if the restore is performed from the LiteSpeed GUI or SSMS (by using LiteSpeed XPROCs). This problem will occur for any kind of restore operation (Full, Differential OR Log).

One possible workaround is to extract the backup files from the Litespeed backup set using the LiteSpeed Extractor utility which would extract the backup file into Microsoft SQL native backup format. After that these backups can be restored using T-SQL commands.

A second workaround is to start the restore operation using the command line option of LiteSpeed.