Been down this 'path' before. Not supported by the current code base. Bacula requires locally mounted devices for the SD.
One alternative for you is to install the SD on the remote machine and configure Bacula to use that SD for its jobs. Erich On Jun 8, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Mike Lauwaert wrote: > 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? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > Explore the seven wonders of the world Learn more! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
