Late last month, I created a site collection backup via Granular Backup in Central Administration. In that time, one of our users has overwritten a file that now needs to be recovered from a document library on that backup (as an aside, document versioning is not an option as the project sponsors decided not to use this feature when the site was created). When I attempt to use "Recover Data from an Unattached Content Database" to get into the backup file, I receive the following error:
There is a compatibility range mismatch between the Web server and database "Backup Database Name", and connections to the data have been blocked to due to this incompatibility. This can happen when a content database has not been upgraded to be within the compatibility range of the Web server, or if the database has been upgraded to a higher level than the web server. The Web server and the database must be upgraded to the same version and build level to return to compatibility range.
I have tried changing database permissions, using system accounts, and even tried restoring the file to a different box entirely, but am having no luck. These are my questions:
- What does the error mean and how can I check compatibility range? (I have done some searching of the error, but most of the results relate to an Excel error in SharePoint)
- Is there a way to just explore the .bak file to view the individual files?
- Is there another way to try and restore the files out of backup (perhaps via stsadm or another method)?
- What type of file is the .bak? (As a shot in the dark, I tried making it an .mdf to see if I could attach it to a database, but that didn't pan out)
It also may be entirely possible that I am doing the backup restore process incorrectly. I tried following these instructions, but received the error at Step 4.
