Permissions problem - Warning 200

DanMoranDanMoran Posts: 14
edited December 15, 2011 1:15AM in SQL Backup Previous Versions
My server is fairly locked down; it caused problems on installation. Now it's causing problems on backup -- I'm failing to backup to the directory I'm aiming at, with the error:

Warning 200: Error creating backup file ...
Warning: System Error 5 (Access is denied)

I installed the app using using the SQL Server login account. This is the code that's failing:


EXECUTE master..sqlbackup
'-SQL "BACKUP DATABASE [DanTest] TO DISK = ''f:\db\backup\<AUTO>.sqb''
WITH DISKRETRYINTERVAL = 30, DISKRETRYCOUNT = 10, THREADCOUNT = 15"'

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    Does the SQL Backup Agent service startup account have rights to read and write to the "f:\db\backup\" folder?

    What is the result when you run the following:
    EXEC master..sqbutility 999, 'RWE', 'f:\db\backup\'
    Peter Yeoh
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    Beyond compression - SQL Backup goodies under the hood, updated for version 8
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  • DanMoranDanMoran Posts: 14
    Two scenarios -- when I explicitly grant the startup account full rights to the backup folder, I get:

    <SQBUTILITYRESULT>:1:

    When I grant full rights to the group "sql users" and add the startup account to that group, I get:

    <SQBUTILITYRESULT>:0:Insufficient rights to read folder : The operation completed successfully. Insufficient rights to create files : Cannot create file "f:\db\backup\sql backup test 20110505110029228.txt". Access is denied.


    It appears my group level permissions aren't persisting through to the startup account ...
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  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    When permission was explicitly granted to the startup account, were you able to run a backup successfully?

    Thanks.
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  • AtoxGregAtoxGreg Posts: 1
    I have a similar issue. When I run the sqbutility command this is the output.

    <SQBUTILITYRESULT>:0:Insufficient rights to read folder : The operation completed successfully. Insufficient rights to create files : Cannot create file "\\NAS\<share>\not displayed for security purposes". Access is denied.

    I have verified with out network administrators that the service account has full control permissions to the destination.

    Thanks,
    Greg
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  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    A simple test is to grant 'Everyone' full read-write access to that network share, and run the test. If SQL Backup is able to access that folder, then it's still a permissions issue on that share in relation to the SQL Backup Agent service account.
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    Associate, Yohz Software
    Beyond compression - SQL Backup goodies under the hood, updated for version 8
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