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you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Cannot open backup device. Operating System error 5 up vote 82 down vote favorite 13 Below is the Query that I am using to
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backup (create a .bak) for my database. However, whenever I run it, i always get this error message: Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot open backup device 'C:\Users\Me\Desktop\Backup\MyDB.Bak'. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.). Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. This is my query: BACKUP DATABASE AcinsoftDB TO DISK = 'C:\Users\Me\Desktop\Backup\MyDB.Bak' WITH FORMAT, MEDIANAME = 'C_SQLServerBackups', NAME = 'Full Backup of MyDB'; Thanks in advance. sql-server-2008 backup failed i/o device error backup access-denied permission-denied share|improve this question edited Jul 28 at 17:47 asked Oct 18 '10 at 14:40 Smiley 70473053 Well, the error message is pretty clear, isn't it? What user is the program running as? Does the bak file exist? Can you access it manually? –Pekka 웃 Oct 18 '10 at 14:41 1 Should we assume this is for SQL Server from the file path, since you didn't put the product in the tags or title? –Powerlord Oct 18 '10 at 14:42 I was able to run this query before I reformatted my laptop if it does any help. This is SQL Server 2008 and I am running as an administrator. The bak file does not exist since I am on the process of creating it with this query. –Smiley Oct 18 '10 at 14:45 @Smiley Face: You have to read the SQL file through your local, not network. So it means you will have to move the SQL file from the network to your local drive first, and restore it. –mrjimoy_05 Apr 8 '13 at 8:13 add a comment| 13 Answers 13 active oldest votes up vote 133 down vote accepted Yeah I just scored this one. Look in Windows Services. Start > Administration > Services Find the Service in the list called: SQL Server (MSSQLSER
SERVER - Backup on mapped drive failing with error - Error 3201, Level 16, State 1 March 18, 2015Pinal DaveSQL15 commentsWe are so used to taking backups and it can sometimes give us new experiences. One of the common messages I see are around taking backups on a share. If you have found this blog
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while searching for error message, then you may want to look at below blogs as well cannot open backup device operating system error 5 if you are NOT dealing with mapped drive. Let us learn about Error 3201.SQL SERVER – Error: Fix: Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line cannot open backup device operating system error 2 the system cannot find the file specified 2 Directory lookup for the file failed with the operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) – Part 2This time I will explain why you are getting this error while taking backup on a mapped drive. Here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3960257/cannot-open-backup-device-operating-system-error-5 is the situation:SQL Server Service runs under a domain account.You have already mapped the drive in Windows and can see that drive in Windows Explorer. You are not able to see the drive which is mapped. Below is the screenshot of the screen where you choose a backup file name. If you try to take a backup from SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) you are not able to see the drive. As we can see, SSMS is only showing local http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2015/03/18/sql-server-backup-on-mapped-drive-failing-with-error-msg-3201-level-16-state-1-operating-system-error-3the-system-cannot-find-the-path-specified/ drive (C and D) Backup command is failing with below error.Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot open backup device ‘Z:\master.bak'. Operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.If we try to get details about the drives visible from SQL Server by Windows “dir” command then we see below. xp_cmdshell 'dir Z:' Output ------------------------------- The system cannot find the path specified. NULL (2 row(s) affected)Above confirms that SQL is not able to see Z drive, even though it is mapped on Windows. In case you get below errorMsg 15123, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_configure, Line 72 The configuration option ‘xp_cmdshell' does not exist, or it may be an advanced option.Then you need to execute below to enable xp_cmdshell as its disabled by default due to security reasons. (Please turn off again once you done with the work) EXEC sp_configure 'advanced', 1 RECONFIGURE WITH override GO EXEC sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 1 RECONFIGURE WITH override GO We are seeing “The system cannot find the path specified.” because SQL Server instance as it is running as a service. To fix the error, we need to map the drive via SQL Server. Here are the steps. -- Map the drive via T-SQL so that SQL can see it. EXEC xp_cmdshell 'net use Z: \\BigPinal\SharedFolder' GO Now we can check mapped drive via T-SQL. xp_cmdshell 'dir Z:'
81-Cannot Open Backup Device 'BackupLocationPath' Operating system error 5Access is denied TechBrothersIT SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe16,73616K Loading... Loading... Working... Add to Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Sign in Share More Report Need to report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJIM3i6qEX0 the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Sign in Transcript Statistics 5,048 views http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/53153/backup-and-restore-database-occured-system-error-5 7 Like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in 8 1 Don't like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in 2 Loading... Loading... Transcript The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right device error now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 15, 2015In this video you will learn to resolve an error " Cannot open backup device "backuplocation". Operating system error 5(Access is denied) or " Cannot open backup device "backuplocation". Operating system error 5(System cannot find path specified). Video shows multiple causes of above errors and how to resolve them step by step. Resolution include following fixes, 1- check to see if cannot open backup backup folder exists or path is valid in backup location parameter2- Finding out SQL Server Service Account3- Check to see if SQL Server Service Account has proper access (read, write, modify) on specified location4- If job is running under proxy account, check to see if Proxy account has permission on backup location same as above permissions.5- If SQL Server Agent is running the job and it is T-SQL Script, it is more likely that your SQL Server Service account doesn't have permission on backup location for Access denied issue.Blog post link for the video with scripthttp://sqlage.blogspot.com/2015/04/ca...Visit our website to check out SQL Server DBA Tutorial Step by Step http://www.techbrothersit.com/2014/12... Category Science & Technology License Standard YouTube License Show more Show less Loading... Advertisement Autoplay When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Up next SQL Server DBA Tutorial 46-How to Reduce TempDB Size without Restarting SQL Server Services - Duration: 5:35. TechBrothersIT 7,073 views 5:35 5 Tips to improve SQL Server performance - Duration: 55:15. .NET Interview Preparation videos 85,809 views 55:15 SQL Server DBA Tutorial 115-How to Create Linked server in SQL Server - Duration: 13:46. TechBrothersIT 35,868 views 13:46 Import SQL Server database from backup: Operation system error 5: 5(Access is denied) - Durat
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