SQL Server: "This filegroup cannot be used as a backup destination" error when attempting restore

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Published on 2010-07-09T17:54:18Z Indexed on 2011/01/01 17:56 UTC
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When running a command like the following:

"RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK='\\\\server\\folder\\DummyDB.bak'"

I'm getting this error:

Backup destination "\\server" supports a FILESTREAM filegroup. This filegroup cannot be used as a backup destination. Rerun the BACKUP statement with a valid backup destination.
RESTORE FILELIST is terminating abnormally.

Unless someone comes up with a better idea, it seems that the drive from which restore is being attempted must not contain any database file contained in a filegroup. Is that the case? Thanks in advance.

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