>>>>> On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:57:27 -0400, Mike Lauwaert said: > > Hi all -- > > I am trying to use the Windows servers which I know aren't completely > supported but I have had decent successes with tem thus far. My problem now > is I am trying to use a network attached storage device which I have mapped > as a persistent drive on the Windows 2003 box as my Archive Location. I > have tried every combination of UNC paths, to shared folders, to the > mappeded network drive itself and no matter what I do I get the following on > doing a "status storage": > > Device status: > Device "NASFileStorage" is not open or does not exist. > > and when trying to mount: > > ../../stored/dev.c:126 Unable to stat device Z:\Backups\Bacula: ERR=The > system cannot find the path specified. > > Device "NASFileStorage" requested by DIR could not be opened or does not > exist. > 3999 Device "NASFileStorage" not found or could not be opened. > > My initial though was to do a junction/linkd/mountvol/subst to map the share > to a local folder but no luck, doing that is not supported in Windows for > network\shared drives. > > Is using a network drive just not supported by Bacula or is there some > creative way to mount one that I am just not thinking of?
I think the problem is that Bacula runs as a Windows services, which cannot access the network drives that you mount on the desktop. I would expect UNC paths to work provided the server allows access to the user that is running the Bacula service (probably not the desktop user). You might be able to run bacula-sd from the desktop instead of as a service. You could also try mounting the network drive from a RunBefore script (using NET USE), but I don't know if that will work and it will still have the issues with access to the UNC path. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
