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you may have come across this SQL Server error when saving a database backup: Cannot open backup device ‘
Operating System Error 3 Reason 15105
and actually exist, this error is caused by SQL Server being unable to either access or cannot open backup device operating system error 5 write to the specified path. This lack of permission can itself have one or more root causes. Let us look at these in more cannot open backup device operating system error 2 detail. Possible Reasons for Operating system error 3 This error is most commonly encountered when taking backups that should then be copied over to another computer/ server on the same or a different network. But it can sometimes also occur
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even on the same computer/ server. When you get this error, the cause is insufficient file-path access permissions for the operating-system account used by SQL Server. Remember, the login name you have used on Windows is not what is used when running SQL Server jobs. Instead what is used is the account specified for use for the SQL Server service. To check this, open services on the computer where SQL Server is installed (go to Start => Run, type services.msc
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and hit Enter). Once it opens, look for the service with the name SQL Server and double click it. Navigate to the tab labeled Log On and note down the username listed therein – this is the set of credentials used by SQL Server. Even though the general cause of this error is the lack of SQL Server access to the backup folder/ path, this may in turn be caused by the following scenarios (with resolutions for each scenario): Unknown drive letter. You may have specified your path to back up to as Z:MypathBackups, where Z: is a drive mapped to a UNC network path. Your SQL Server may be unaware of this mapping. To resolve this, it is better to always specify a full UNC path in SQL Server instead of using mapped drives. So for example Z:MypathBackups should be altered to \Remote_SvrC MypathBackups. The account you specified for your SQL Server service really doesn’t have write permissions on the specified folder or part of it. Check these permissions on the target folder. Right-click the folder and check in the Security tab that the SQL Server service account has explicit permissions to both read and write to the folder. The account may be part of a group, and permissions have been granted to the group not directly to the account. In this case there is no harm in adding the account directly and explicitly granting i
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 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/ taking backups on a share. If you have found this blog while searching for error message, then you may want to look at below blogs as well 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 2 Directory lookup for the file failed with the operating system error 2(The system cannot find the system error file specified.) – Part 2This time I will explain why you are getting this error while taking backup on a mapped drive. Here 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 operating system error 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 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