How to restore sybase (SAP ASE) .db and .log backup on a another system?
<p>How can I restore (or read in a some decent form) a sybase backup that I've been given to be analyzed?</p>

<p>I have been given a backup from sybase database that contains a single .db and one .log file.</p>

<p>I'm new to sybase and I have no access to original system nor I have any information about the database structure that these files contain.</p>

<p>The thing I know is that backup is probably made with command</p>

<pre><code>dbbackup -c "userid=xxx;password=xxx" -d -t -y D:\path\to\backup
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<p>I've been asked to analyze the content of the database and to do that I've set up a SAP ASE 16.0 on RedHat 7.</p>

<p>I have tried to restore the backup using the load database command but all I get is a error report:</p>

<pre><code>Backup Server session id is: 17. Use this value when executing the
'sp_volchanged' system stored procedure after fulfilling any volume change
request from the Backup Server.
Backup Server: 4.10.2.1: Label validation error: first label not VOL1.
Backup Server: 6.31.2.4: Volume rejected.
Backup Server: 1.14.2.2: Unrecoverable I/O or volume error.  This DUMP or LOAD
session must exit.
Backup Server: 6.32.2.3: /data/sybase/backup/adbname.db: volume not valid
or not requested (server: , session id: 17.)
Backup Server: 1.14.2.4: Unrecoverable I/O or volume error.  This DUMP or LOAD
session must exit.
Msg 8009, Level 16, State 1:
Server 'ASE1', Line 1:
Error encountered by Backup Server.  Please refer to Backup Server messages for
details.
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