Yup. The account that you use must be a domain account with the appropriate
permissions to write to whatever drive on the remote server - R in this
case. On top of that the account must be a member of the local
administrators group on the ADSM Server.

Nathan

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Robinson, Cris [SMTP:Cris.Robinson AT LIBERTYMUTUAL DOT COM]
        Sent:   Wednesday, March 17, 1999 1:33 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: DRM Prepare files to mapped drives

        Intersting!
        I shall try it out.

        C

        __________________________________________________
        Cris Robinson
        Sr. Technical Analyst
        Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
        Liberty Mutual Insurance
        Portsmouth, New Hampshire
        603.431.8400.54837
        mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com

        Dilbert words of Wisdom:
        Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
        and some days you're the statue!

        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: Prather, Wanda [SMTP:PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU]
        > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 1:31 PM
        > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        > Subject:      Re: DRM Prepare files to mapped drives
        >
        > I got something like this to work once (with difficulty). I was
trying to
        > have ADSM write a DB backup to a FILE type devclass on a network
drive,
        > and
        > I ran into the same type or error thing.
        >
        > I think it is an NT permissions thing.
        >
        > The ADSM server is running as a service, but doesn't have any
authority to
        > write to a drive owned by another machine.
        > The acccount YOU are logged on with probably has permission to
write to
        > R:,
        > but that doesn't mean the ADSM server service has those
permissions.
        >
        > I believe you have to create an NT account that has appropriate
        > permissions
        > to that R: drive.
        > Then in Control Panel/Services, you change the STARTUP attributes
for the
        > ADSM server, so that it uses that account.
        >
        > At least that's how I remember it, an NT expert probably has a
better
        > idea.
        > Hope this helps.
        >
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        >
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        >
        >
        >
        >
        > > -----Original Message-----
        > > From: Robinson, Cris [SMTP:Cris.Robinson AT LIBERTYMUTUAL DOT COM]
        > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 12:58 PM
        > > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        > > Subject:      Re: DRM Prepare files to mapped drives
        > >
        > > The platform is NT for both the ADSM server and the target
server
        > > The version is 3.1.06
        > >
        > > Below you can see the unsuccessful attempt to R:
        > > and the successful attempt to C:
        > >
        > >
        > > Activity Log
        > > ------------
        > > Date and Time       Message
        > >
        > >
        >
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
        > > --
        > > --
        > >
-----------------------------------------------------------------
        > > 03/17/1999 12:52:24 ANR2017I Administrator TECHL3 issued
        > > 03/17/1999 12:52:24 ANR2017I Administrator TECHL3 issued
command:
        > PREPARE
        > > planprefix=R:\03\
        > > 03/17/1999 12:52:24 ANR0984I Process 62 for PREPARE started in
the
        > > BACKGROUND at 12:52:24.
        > > 03/17/1999 12:52:24 ANR9678W C:\WIN32APP\IBM\ADSM\server\dsmserv
used
        > for
        > > server executable. ADSM Server is currently running as a
service.
        > > 03/17/1999 12:52:26 ANR6954E PREPARE: Unable to open file
        > > 'R:\03\19990317.125224' for output.
        > >
        > > 03/17/1999 12:52:26 ANR6951E PREPARE: Recovery plan file
        > > R:\03\19990317.125224 was not created.
        > >
        > > 03/17/1999 12:52:26 ANR0985I Process 62 for PREPARE running in
the
        > > BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at 12:52:26.
        > > 03/17/1999 12:53:17 ANR2017I Administrator TECHL3 issued
command:
        > PREPARE
        > > planprefix=c:\
        > > 03/17/1999 12:53:17 ANR0984I Process 63 for PREPARE started in
the
        > > BACKGROUND at 12:53:17.
        > > 03/17/1999 12:53:17 ANR9678W C:\WIN32APP\IBM\ADSM\server\dsmserv
used
        > for
        > > server executable. ADSM Server is currently running as a
service.
        > > 03/17/1999 12:53:17 ANR6900I PREPARE: The recovery plan file
        > > C:\19990317.125317 was created.
        > >
        > > 03/17/1999 12:53:17 ANR0985I Process 63 for PREPARE running in
the
        > > BACKGROUND completed with completion state SUCCESS at 12:53:17.
        > >
        > > __________________________________________________
        > > Cris Robinson
        > > Sr. Technical Analyst
        > > Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
        > > Liberty Mutual Insurance
        > > Portsmouth, New Hampshire
        > > 603.431.8400.54837
        > > mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com
        > >
        > > Dilbert words of Wisdom:
        > > Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
        > > and some days you're the statue!
        > >
        > > > -----Original Message-----
        > > > From: Hilton Tina [SMTP:HiltonT AT TCE DOT COM]
        > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 12:12 PM
        > > > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        > > > Subject:      Re: DRM Prepare files to mapped drives
        > > >
        > > > What's the error message & platform?
        > > >
        > > > > -----Original Message-----
        > > > > From: Robinson, Cris [SMTP:Cris.Robinson AT LIBERTYMUTUAL DOT 
COM]
        > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 11:11 AM
        > > > > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        > > > > Subject:      DRM Prepare files to mapped drives
        > > > >
        > > > > Hello all -
        > > > > We are currently able to create Prepare files if we direct
them to a
        > > > local
        > > > > drive, however, if we map a drive, R: in our case, the
        > > > > prepare command fails. Full  rights have been given on the
        > destination
        > > > > server.
        > > > >
        > > > > Any Thoughts?
        > > > >
        > > > > C
        > > > >
        > > > > __________________________________________________
        > > > > Cris Robinson
        > > > > Sr. Technical Analyst
        > > > > Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
        > > > > Liberty Mutual Insurance
        > > > > Portsmouth, New Hampshire
        > > > > 603.431.8400.54837
        > > > > mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com
        > > > >
        > > > > Dilbert words of Wisdom:
        > > > > Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
        > > > > and some days you're the statue!