Hi guys, I setup a Samba box to act as a backup server (storage), for the windows servers to dump their backups on. The MS SQL 2000 server won't see the samba box. Windows it self does, but SQL not. Even if I map a network path to a local drive, it still doesn't see it, so I cannot point the backups that way. Is there any special trick to getting this to work? Thanks Hans
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 03:53:53PM +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:> Hi guys, > > I setup a Samba box to act as a backup server (storage), for the windows > servers to dump their backups on. The MS SQL 2000 server won't see the > samba box. Windows it self does, but SQL not. Even if I map a network path > to a local drive, it still doesn't see it, so I cannot point the backups that > way. > > Is there any special trick to getting this to work?As I recall from a NetApp CIFS conference presentation, SQL Server was deliberately prevented from working with CIFS by Microsoft. I think the intimation was that they didn't want it being able to work with NetApp filers. But remember "they're committed to interoperability !" :-). Jeremy
Perhaps this will help. It shows the conditions under which SQL Server will backup to a remote drive. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555128 UNC pathnames are preferred. Mapped drives are unreliable. Note that most people use Enterprise Manager to backup from SQL to the local drive. They then use backup software to backup from disk to tape or disk to disk. Backup up over the network from within SQL server uses up a lot of network bandwidth. Let me know if this works with Samba. "Hans du Plooy" <hansdp-lists@sagacit.com> wrote in message news:200510081553.53691.hansdp-lists@sagacit.com...> Hi guys, > > I setup a Samba box to act as a backup server (storage), for the windows > servers to dump their backups on. The MS SQL 2000 server won't see the > samba box. Windows it self does, but SQL not. Even if I map a networkpath> to a local drive, it still doesn't see it, so I cannot point the backupsthat> way. > > Is there any special trick to getting this to work? > > Thanks > Hans > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >
Hans We have tried to do exactly the same thing this week. Did you manage to get a solution and if so please could you post it up. Thanks Jo This email has been independently scanned for viruses and any virus software has been removed using McAfee anti-virus software