Hi, I'm not sure what the specific reason is but keep in mind that although you specify everything in the DBM GUI (or DBMCLI) the actual actions will effectively be executed by the NT services "XServer" and the Database Service "SAPDB <name>". So whatever file path you specify has to be accessible by the user those services run with on the NT machine they run on.
For example, if you specify a network path on your domain the default "local system" user they run with will most likely not be able to access this path and you get the -903 error. You would have to change the user these services run with with one from the domain for example. The same applies of course to filesystem rights and network drives etc. Of course, if you i.e. specify a local path on the machine you run DBM GUI on for a backup medium and the server is running on a different machine it won't work either and you get the same error. Hope this helps, Watz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Fritzsche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: problem with SAPDB 7.3.0 under Windows 2000 Server > I have a big problem with the backup - function in the dbmgui. I create a > backup - file in a differend folder and a differend partition. I have fully > administrative rights on this folder. when i will edit this file a error- > message will displayed in GUI-Manager "903,Host file I/O error,invalid file > or device name [2]" .please help me quickly > > thanks Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > sapdb.general mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general > _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
