Re: Using maint plan to backup db to network drive

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This should be a good starting point: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555128/en-us

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"Ehren" <Ehren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C92C0638-0CAC-4292-BAAF-641AEDB0337F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello-

In setting up our system imaging software I wanted to move our database
backup files off of the actual database system and move them to a data
warehouse server. I would like to use the database maintenance plan to put
the .bak file for each database on either a mapped network drive or more
preferrably a UNC path to a network share.

I see that when I click browse to select the backup location it allows you
to only select a local disk. If I type in a mapped network drive path or a
UNC path it says its invalid but lets me enter it anyway, however when the
job runs it fails.

is there a way to make the backups to a remote system or is the only option
to back it up to a local disk and then manually move them elsewhere?

Thanks much in advance!

.



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