Sql Server Backup to UNC

Question

I\'ve create a maintenance plan on my SQL Server 2005 server. The backup should be written to another server. I\'m using a UNC path for this. The user running the SQL Agent jobs

Answer 1

I saw this error in Maintenance plan history.

Operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.

I tried to run first piece of Backup step where it was creating directory on share. I got access denied error.

Finally, I gave full permissions to service account under which SQL Agent runs and maintenance plan was successfully running.