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.
> ************************************************************************
> Wanda Prather
> The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
> 443-778-8769
> wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu
>
> "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think" -
> Scott Adams/Dilbert
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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 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!