Sybase Error – Cannot restore dbspace ‘%2’ to raw partition ‘%3’ because its size is smaller than the size of the original raw partition (%4 vs. %5 blocks). %1

In this blog post, you’ll learn more about the Sybase Error Cannot restore dbspace ‘%2’ to raw partition ‘%3’ because its size is smaller than the size of the original raw partition (%4 vs. %5 blocks). %1 and the reason for receiving this error

Sybase SQL Error Message

Cannot restore dbspace ‘%2’ to raw partition ‘%3’ because its size is smaller than the size of the original raw partition (%4 vs. %5 blocks). %1

Reason for this Error

This error means that the user is attempting to restore an IQ dbspace on a raw partition that is not the same size as the original raw partition on which the IQ dbspace existed at the time of the backup. The user must resize the raw partition and then retry the restore operation.