DOCUMENT:Q130855 13-JUN-2001 [sna] TITLE :SNA Server Admin Backup Option Requires a File Extension PRODUCT :Microsoft SNA Server PROD/VER:WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, on platform(s): - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you back up an SNA Server configuration using SNA Server Admin, you must specify a file extension. If you do not specify a file extension, the following error message appears: Error: 3859 The configuration filename is invalid. Verify that a primary or Backup server is running in the domain you are trying to administer. NOTE: This does not happen in SNA Server version 3.0 (Manager). WORKAROUND ========== To work around this problem, specify a file extension when backing up your configuration file. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 2.0, 2.1, and 2.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Additional query words: prodsna ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.1,2.11 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.