You can use sp_addumpdevice to create a logical device from which an archive database can be loaded:
sp_addumpdevice ‘archive database’, ‘<logical name>’, ‘<physical name>’
After you have executed this command, use the logical name instead of the physical name as the dump device or stripe device in a load database command.
You cannot use an archive database logical device as
a device specification for a load into a traditional database or
when dumping a traditional database.
