Thanks Tom & Bill for the replies. It looks like the issue is that when selecting a backup location 4D uses the mapped drive letter. When running as a service you cannot used mapped drives, but need to use the full UNC path. That doesn't seem to be possible with 4D.
We have recommended exactly what Tom suggests: backup locally and copy to another location as separate operations. Thanks, Joshua From: Benedict, Tom [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 2:31 PM To: Joshua Hunter; [email protected] Subject: Re: Saving a backup to a network share when running as a service Joshua Hunter writes: We have a customer running our 4D server application (compiled) as a Windows service. They want to direct their backup to a network location. This works when they run the application interactively, but not when they run it as a service. I recommend that they do both. 4D Backup to the same drive that the data file is on followed by a windows copy of the backup file to another drive anywhere that they have permission. That uncouples the process into two independent, highly reliable processes. Each can run without affecting the other. And if the environment/business can support it, consider mirroring. But that is usually beyond the range of all but enterprise customers. HTH, Tom Benedict Optum This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
