• Sure sounds like something is broken in the backup file:

    SQL error 3241: SQL error 3241: The media family on device 'SQLBACKUP_273C82FD-3412-49B2-9669-42A275B6845802' is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning