LMS 4, backup and archive to network share

[wilson_1234_2]

We have LMS 4.0 installed on a Domain Server local admin account.

I am trying to schedule backups and config archives to a network share.

Backups to the local hardrive are working fine.

I have created the backup job using several different domain accounts with no luck getting a successful backup to the network share.

The accounts all have read/write permission to the target folder, but I am getting permission errors that the backup directory cannot be created:

"ERROR(876): Cannot create the backup directory, \\server\\Backups\0\campus. Verify that you have write-access to this directory.

I believe I could I be running into fundamental folder security problems with the casuser (non domain account), trying to write to the domain network share.

Is it possible to have the backup job write to disck with something other than the casuser local account on the server?

If not, can I safely reset the causer account to set the password to some known value?

[Joe Clarke]

You cannot perform backups to UNC paths.  If you map this path to a drive letter, then the backup should work, but this is not recommended.  Instead, perform the backup locally, then archive it to the network location.  This way, you're sure to get a good backup.  If the transfer to the network archive fails, you still have a local copy.