Error
{
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TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Cannot show requested dialog.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Exception of type ‘System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc)
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BUTTONS:
OK
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}
Cause
We get above error when we have large number of records on backup history table.
Check the count of rows on below table
select count(1) from msdb.dbo.backupfile with (nolock)
select count(1) from msdb.dbo.backupfilegroup with (nolock)
select count(1) from msdb.dbo.restorefile with (nolock)
select count(1) from msdb.dbo.restorefilegroup with (nolock)
select count(1) from msdb.dbo.restorehistory with (nolock)
select count(1) from msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily with (nolock)
Resolution
We may have to reduce the number of records in the above tables. We can manually delete records based on date (or) If we do not want backup history we can truncate all the above tables.