Hi, Try to use an UNC name (\\server\sharename\directory) instead of using drive letter f: .
Regards, Imre > -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias Hofmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 :) > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Hofmann Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar D99423 Weimar > Professur fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung Projekt medienquadrat > SnailMail: Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar, Fak. Medien, D99421 Weimar > Location: D99423 Weimar Karl-Haussknechtstr. 7 Zimmer 111 > Fon: ++49-(0)3643-58-3780 Fax : -3701 > e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
