I am not shure but check :
Use as DIRECTORY G:\DIRNAME
Change MOUNTLIMIT form 2 to 1
Check the right of your shared directory
Define a MaxCapacity
Eric

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> From:         Prather, Wanda[SMTP:PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         mardi 9 juin 1998 02:43
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      WinNT V3  DEVCLASS DEVT=FILE?
>
> Weird question #47:
>
> On the WinNT server, has anyone been able to define a DEVCLASS of type
> FILE
> using a network mounted directory?
>
> This is what I did:
>
> DEFINE DEVCLASS DISKFILE DEVTYPE=FILE DIRECTORY=G: MOUNTLIMIT=2
> BACKUP DB TYPE=FULL DEVCLASS=DISKFILE
>
> When the driectory is D:, a local hard drive, this works just fine.
>
> When the directory is G:, which is a persistent connection to a network
> mapped drive, it gets the message "mount failed".  I can write to G: with
> a
> "print to file" from the admin client, so I know the directory can be
> written to.
>
> Is this a known limitation, or is there something I am missing here?
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Wanda Prather
> Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
> 443-778-8769
> wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu
>
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