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SERVER -Fix Error - Cannot open backup device. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.) December 8, 2014Pinal DaveSQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks10 commentsThis has to be the most popular error in taking database backups. There are many reasons for this error and there are different ways to resolve it. I recently faced this error and for a while I was taking backup and found a very interesting solution to the problem. The error was as mentioned below:Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot open backup device ‘d:\Log\aw.bak'. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.). Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. Personally, I know this error happens whenThere is no directory with LogThere is not enough space on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18286765/sql-server-operating-system-error-5-5access-is-denied drive d:\There is not enough permissions on d:\Log driveIn my case all of the above were not the reason for above error. The error was there because of the file was read only. There was already another backup file which existed in the folder with the name aw.bak and it was marked as read only. Due to the same reason, my backup was failing. Once I removed the checkbox for reading only, the backup was successful.Here http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2014/12/08/sql-server-fix-error-cannot-open-backup-device-operating-system-error-5access-is-denied/ are few other blog posts related to this error, which I have written earlier.SQL SERVER – FIX – ERROR : Msg 3201, Level 16 Cannot open backup device . Operating system error 5(Access is denied.)SQL SERVER -Fix Error – Cannot open backup device. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.)SQL SERVER – FIX : ERROR : (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: )SQL SERVER – FIX : Error 3154: The backup set holds a backup of a database other than the existing database – SSMSReference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com) Tags: SQL Error Messages221Related Articles SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Server After Patching December 16, 2015Pinal Dave SQL SERVER - Fix : SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition Install fail due to .NET Framework 3.5 missing April 19, 2009Pinal Dave SQL SERVER – FIX: ERROR: 8170 Insufficient result space to convert uniqueidentifier value to char July 26, 2010Pinal Dave 10 comments. Leave new Joseph Hayes December 9, 2014 1:16 amTo expand just a bit on the inadequate permissions bullet point: It seems like I see this sort of thing when someone tries to give capability to backup and restore to a SQL Server Login, for obvious reasons. It doesn't have file system access.Reply Siddharth Pandey (@Siddharthp28) December 9, 2014 4:19 amHi Pinal, thanks for these quick p
SQL Server experts to answer whatever question you can come up with. Our new SQL http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=83667 Server Forums are live! Come on over! We've restricted the ability to create new threads on these forums. SQL Server Forums Profile | ActiveTopics | Members | Search http://codebyjoshua.blogspot.com/2013/08/sql-server-2005-restore-database-error.html | ForumFAQ Register Now and get your question answered! Username: Password: Save Password Forgot your Password? All Forums SQL Server 2005 Forums High Availability (2005) Operating System Error failed with 5(Access Denied) Reply to Topic Printer Friendly Author Topic wellmanr Starting Member 7 Posts Posted-05/16/2007: 11:00:41 I am an intern working with two SQL Server 2005 instances on two Windows Server 2003. The servers are linked via crossover. I am using this setup to practice my log shipping before I move to the production failed with the databases. I am using the wizard to complete the log shipping. The primary server SQLCOM1 is to backup and restore the DB on the secondary server SQLCOM2\SQL_Data using the default folders after the restore. SQLCOM2\SQL_Data has been shared and I have permissions for most of the default SQL groups as well as a user 'connect' and the local admin. When I go to execute the log shipping it throws the following:BackupDiskFile::CreateMedia: Backup device '\\SQLCOM2\SQL_Data\AdventureWorks.bak' failed to create. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.).I am working with SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition SP1. (SP1 to replicate the production servers.)Thanks for any help,RyanSQL - Why are you so much trouble? nr SQLTeam MVY United Kingdom 12543 Posts Posted-05/16/2007: 11:12:35 Sounds like the account you are using doesn't have permission on \\SQLCOM2\SQL_Data\ to create the file.If you are able try making accounts admin on that server until you find out which one it is then you can find what permissions it really needs.I would try the sql
operating system returned the error '5(Access is denied.)' I was trying to restore some old SQL Server 2005 databases to get some data they contained, when I ran into this error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error '5(Access is denied.)' while attempting 'RestoreContainer::ValidateTargetForCreation' on 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\test.mdf'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo) Your error message may look similar, except for the file location on the C drive, or whatever drive you are using. After some frustration, I figured out the problem. I was actually trying to write my .mdf and .ldf files in a folder where they should not be located. That is why "Access is Denied" and it should be! You should write the files where your other database files are written. (If you need to find where they are, in SQL 2005, set up your Restore Database popup to restore from a currently active database, then go to the Options page on the left, and under "Restore the database files as:" look at "Restore As" which will contain the correct file location.) In my error case, this location was not where my currently active databases where located, but was set to: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\ Your settings may be similar. In my case, this was definitely the wrong location, in fact, the wrong drive! So to fix my situation, (and hopefully yours), I had to choose a new path and location for my .mdf and .ldf files. This is where the newly restored database files will be stored. (Which should be in the same folder as your other active databases): Starting from the Restore Database popup, look to the left and choose the Options page (in SQL 2005), then look for "Restore the database files as" right in the middle of the page. Just look to the right of the Restore As cell (on