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Summary



When running a file level backup of a SQL 2008 Server, error -999 displays, and the backup fails with an RC=8 error.

Symptoms



The following error message displays in the job report:

*** File browser on node Window_SQL_Server returned error -999 ***



Resolution



  1. Open the SQL Server management console.
  2. Expand the database and see if any of the available databases are offline.
  3. If an offline database is present, set the status as online, or detach it.
  4. Restart the job.