Err Msg: "Too Many Tuples" from RESTENV

 Last reviewed: May 15, 1997
Article ID: Q114088

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

The Windows NT Advanced Server upgrade manager utility that restores the environment (RESTENV) may generate the error message: 

   *** Error (102) ***
   There are too many tuples in the ini data.
NOTE: A tuple is a set of related values in a database table (relation), one for each attribute (column), stored as a row in a relational database management system. It is the analog of a record in a nonrelational file.

CAUSE

LMUPMGR executes the command BACKENV c: /uif, and creates an output file named LMBAKENV.DAT. When the environment on the LAN Manager server being upgraded is very large, LMBAKENV.DAT can become longer than 1024 rows (data rows--not section headings, blank rows or comments) and can't be processed. Environments with large numbers of shared directories can easily reach the maximum size.

The LMBAKENV.DAT file contains information from the LANMAN.INI file and other environment information, including all persistent connections and shared directories. There are four sections in the file for defining shared directories, [share], [share perm], [share passwords], and [share remarks]. Each section has one entry for each share directory.

WORKAROUND

Delete unneeded LMBAKENV.DAT rows to make the file shorter than 1024 rows. Section headings, blank rows or comments do not count.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt restenv.exe
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbtool ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 15, 1997
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