Warning 130: MOVETO error: Failed to move file

[rsnorris]

I am occasionally getting the error "Warning 130: MOVETO error: Failed to move file....(The file exists.)"

The log file of the previous log restore reports that the moveto completed successfully.

Successful restore log file extract:

06/02/2013 06:54:45: Moved LOG_GAII_Build_20130206064000.sqb to \\ggnas1\SQLBackup\LogShipping\GI\.
06/02/2013 06:54:45: Restoring GAII_Build_GI (transaction logs) from:
06/02/2013 06:54:45: E:\Logship\FromGib\LOG_GAII_Build_20130206065000.sqb

06/02/2013 06:54:45: RESTORE LOG [GAII_Build_GI] FROM VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_BA3265BC-89A4-47BC-97A4-245F3EE3D10D', VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_BA3265BC-89A4-47BC-97A4-245F3EE3D10D01', VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_BA3265BC-89A4-47BC-97A4-245F3EE3D10D02', VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_BA3265BC-89A4-47BC-97A4-245F3EE3D10D03' WITH BUFFERCOUNT = 24, BLOCKSIZE = 65536, MAXTRANSFERSIZE = 1048576 , STANDBY = N'E:\SQLBackup\Undo_GAII_Build_GI.dat'

06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'GAII_Primary' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'Session' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'AccountJournal' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'Indexes' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'CLUSINDEXES' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'TextAndBlob' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'HEAP' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: Processed 305 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'GAII_build_log' on file 1.
06/02/2013 06:54:48: RESTORE LOG successfully processed 305 pages in 0.093 seconds (25.584 MB/sec).

[b]06/02/2013 06:54:48: Moved LOG_GAII_Build_20130206065000.sqb to \\ggnas1\SQLBackup\LogShipping\GI\.[/b]


Subsequent log file extract:
06/02/2013 07:04:01: Restoring GAII_Build_GI (transaction logs) from:
06/02/2013 07:04:01: E:\Logship\FromGib\LOG_GAII_Build_20130206065000.sqb

06/02/2013 07:04:01: ALTER DATABASE [GAII_Build_GI] SET ONLINE RESTORE LOG [GAII_Build_GI] FROM VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_8912C898-F5B2-4A1E-BB96-7700CA896065', VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_8912C898-F5B2-4A1E-BB96-7700CA89606501', VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_8912C898-F5B2-4A1E-BB96-7700CA89606502', VIRTUAL_DEVICE = 'SQLBACKUP_8912C898-F5B2-4A1E-BB96-7700CA89606503' WITH BUFFERCOUNT = 24, BLOCKSIZE = 65536, MAXTRANSFERSIZE = 1048576 , STANDBY = N'E:\SQLBackup\Undo_GAII_Build_GI.dat'

06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'GAII_Primary' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'Session' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'AccountJournal' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'Indexes' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'CLUSINDEXES' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'TextAndBlob' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 0 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'HEAP' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: Processed 305 pages for database 'GAII_Build_GI', file 'GAII_build_log' on file 1.
06/02/2013 07:04:45: RESTORE LOG successfully processed 305 pages in 0.123 seconds (19.344 MB/sec).

[b]06/02/2013 07:04:46: Warning 130: MOVETO error: Failed to move file: E:\Logship\FromGib\LOG_GAII_Build_20130206065000.sqb (The file exists.)
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Is there anyway to make the MOVETO overwrite an existing file, or having an error reported if the delete part of the move does not complete successfully?

[petey]

[rsnorris]

Thank you for this information Petey.

It's worth noting that this information is not included in the documentation for the RESTORE command, this states the for FILEOPTIONS: Valid values are 1, 2, and 3.