Any other solutions for SQL's “The media set has 2 media families but only 1 are provided. All members must be provided.” error?

Question

I am trying to restore a 200mb database into SQL 2008 and I am getting this error \"The media set has 2 media families but only 1 are provided. All members must be provided.

Answer 1

Codeguy007 is pretty much correct. This error occurs if you specify two different backup locations in your INITIAL backup and then attempt to restore from only one of the two backup files that are created during the backup process. If your server is already down and wiped then you are hosed. But for future reference, you need to:

1. Begin the backup wizard process
2. Ensure that only one backup location is specified
3. On the options page, click on 'Back up to a new media set...' and specify a new name and description

All future restores from this location should work just fine.