Operating System Error 3 The System Cannot Find The Path
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you may have come across this SQL Server error when saving a database backup: Cannot open backup device ‘
Sql Server Cannot Open Backup Device Operating System Error 2
network. But it can sometimes also occur 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 system error 3 has occurred net use Server is installed (go to Start => Run, type services.msc 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 dire
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 msg 3201, level 16, state 2, line 2 this blog while searching for error message, then you may want to look at below blogs
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as well if you are NOT dealing with mapped drive. Let us learn about Error 3201.SQL SERVER – Error: Fix: Msg 5133, Level
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16, State 1, Line 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 https://sqlbackupandftp.com/blog/how-to-solve-operating-system-error-3/ 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 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 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/ 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 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\SharedFold
Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn http://serverfault.com/questions/532991/sql-server-remote-backup-query-fails-cannot-open-the-backup-device more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Server Fault Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Server Fault is a question and answer site for system and network administrators. Join them; it only takes a http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24400214/directory-look-up-for-mdf-failed-with-operation-system-error-3-the-system-cant minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top SQL Server remote backup query fails “cannot open the backup device” up system error vote 2 down vote favorite I am trying to configure my scheduled backups of a MSSQL database to a mapped network drive, which is on a fileserver running Server 2003 Standard. Query reads like this: BACKUP DATABASE XXXX TO DISK = N'Z:\mssqlbk\XXXX.bak' WITH CHECKSUM, STATS Error message that is returned: Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot open backup device 'Z:\mssqlbk\xxxx.bak'. Operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). Msg 3013, Level 16, operating system error State 1, Line 1 BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. Most solutions I find are thinking a permissions error for the SQL Service account (Mine uses an account named SQLBro). This is a small workgroup network, no AD. I have tried the following: Verified the user account on database server being used by the process during backup with Procmon: SQLBro Created local account on fileserver SQLBro, matching password with account on db server Added permissions for SQLBro account on fileserver to the root volume and target folder for backup on fileserver. Tried to add the long SQL user from the default backup location to the fileserver, but the name was too long for standard add local user interface (workaround?). Tried running service on db server with local system account instead of SQLBro. Still same error each time. I am running out of ideas and looking for workarounds now. Could backing up locally and then running a robocopy or xcopy to the mapped drive be a kludgy way to do this? sql-server sql-server-2008 workgroup share|improve this question asked Aug 22 '13 at 15:40 lutze 5217 xcopy of the .bak files from the db server's local admin account was successful –lutze Aug 22 '13 at 16:03 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote accepted It could be that the SQL Server process
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