Hi,

Try to use an UNC name (\\server\sharename\directory) instead of using
drive letter f: .

Regards,
Imre

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Hofmann [mailto:tobias.hofmann AT MEDIEN.UNI-WEIMAR DOT DE] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:31 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: define devclass file on w2k not working on mounted share?
> 
> 
> hi all,
> 
> I would like to create a devclass of devtype=file on a windows 2000
> server (w2k) running tsm5.1.0.0 using as dir-path a mounted share of
> another machine. So what I do is I mount the share of the 
> other machine,
> using the gui-analogon to "net use" (sorry, German OS here, don,t know
> the English terms by heart), on, say, drive f:, and then do
> 
> define devclass remoteshare devtype=file dir="f:\tsmbackups" on the
> admin command line. result is
> 
> ANR8366E DEFINE DEVCLASS: Invalid value for DIRECTORY parameter.
> 
> I am told that on a Unix-machine, it is possible to define a 
> devclass of
> type file on mounted volumes...
> 
> Am I missing something here? What could be the solution to my problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any input,
> 
> kind regards, tobias hofmann :)
> 
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