Backup to Network Resource from a Server Machine Service Account

SQL Server 2000 SP4
Trying to backup to a network resource when SQL uses the machine service
account. Obviously something like EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk', 'device_name',
'\\filer_name\share_name\path\file_name.ext' would be used but this doesn't
work because of permissions.
Fairly new to DBA stuff so please have patience with me.
How can you do this?
Regards,
Richard.You would need to have SQL Server using a service account that has permissions on that share.
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http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
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> SQL Server 2000 SP4
> Trying to backup to a network resource when SQL uses the machine service
> account. Obviously something like EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk', 'device_name',
> '\\filer_name\share_name\path\file_name.ext' would be used but this doesn't
> work because of permissions.
> Fairly new to DBA stuff so please have patience with me.
> How can you do this?
> Regards,
> Richard.|||I don't think Windows security works like that:
Services Using The System Account
Services that use the system account start in the system context (without
credentials). In Windows NT 3.5 and later, Windows NT services with no
credentials (no domain name, user name, or password) that attempt to connect
to network resources are denied access because they have no credentials and
they are using a null session. For additional information, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132679
Essentially the local system account has no credentials so cannot
athenticate to anything on the network.
Is there anyway round this?
"Tibor Karaszi" wrote:
> You would need to have SQL Server using a service account that has permissions on that share.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
> news:77F10996-5141-4C32-BE8B-6CF9A973FC0C@.microsoft.com...
> > SQL Server 2000 SP4
> >
> > Trying to backup to a network resource when SQL uses the machine service
> > account. Obviously something like EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk', 'device_name',
> > '\\filer_name\share_name\path\file_name.ext' would be used but this doesn't
> > work because of permissions.
> >
> > Fairly new to DBA stuff so please have patience with me.
> >
> > How can you do this?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Richard.
>
>|||HowTo: Backup to UNC name using Database Maintenance Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555128
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Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
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> SQL Server 2000 SP4
> Trying to backup to a network resource when SQL uses the machine service
> account. Obviously something like EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk',
> 'device_name',
> '\\filer_name\share_name\path\file_name.ext' would be used but this
> doesn't
> work because of permissions.
> Fairly new to DBA stuff so please have patience with me.
> How can you do this?
> Regards,
> Richard.|||>I don't think Windows security works like that:
I don't see in what way what I said differs from the text you quoted.
> Is there anyway round this?
Not AFAIK...
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
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>I don't think Windows security works like that:
> Services Using The System Account
> Services that use the system account start in the system context (without
> credentials). In Windows NT 3.5 and later, Windows NT services with no
> credentials (no domain name, user name, or password) that attempt to connect
> to network resources are denied access because they have no credentials and
> they are using a null session. For additional information, click the article
> number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
> from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132679
> Essentially the local system account has no credentials so cannot
> athenticate to anything on the network.
>
> Is there anyway round this?
> "Tibor Karaszi" wrote:
>> You would need to have SQL Server using a service account that has permissions on that share.
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
>> news:77F10996-5141-4C32-BE8B-6CF9A973FC0C@.microsoft.com...
>> > SQL Server 2000 SP4
>> >
>> > Trying to backup to a network resource when SQL uses the machine service
>> > account. Obviously something like EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk', 'device_name',
>> > '\\filer_name\share_name\path\file_name.ext' would be used but this doesn't
>> > work because of permissions.
>> >
>> > Fairly new to DBA stuff so please have patience with me.
>> >
>> > How can you do this?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Richard.
>>|||As Tibor pointed out you need an account to run SQL Server Service under
that has the appropriate permissions to that share. A LOCAL account has no
permissions outside that box. So change it to a Domain account with the
appropriate permissions.
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Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
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>I don't think Windows security works like that:
> Services Using The System Account
> Services that use the system account start in the system context (without
> credentials). In Windows NT 3.5 and later, Windows NT services with no
> credentials (no domain name, user name, or password) that attempt to
> connect
> to network resources are denied access because they have no credentials
> and
> they are using a null session. For additional information, click the
> article
> number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
> from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132679
> Essentially the local system account has no credentials so cannot
> athenticate to anything on the network.
>
> Is there anyway round this?
> "Tibor Karaszi" wrote:
>> You would need to have SQL Server using a service account that has
>> permissions on that share.
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
>> news:77F10996-5141-4C32-BE8B-6CF9A973FC0C@.microsoft.com...
>> > SQL Server 2000 SP4
>> >
>> > Trying to backup to a network resource when SQL uses the machine
>> > service
>> > account. Obviously something like EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk',
>> > 'device_name',
>> > '\\filer_name\share_name\path\file_name.ext' would be used but this
>> > doesn't
>> > work because of permissions.
>> >
>> > Fairly new to DBA stuff so please have patience with me.
>> >
>> > How can you do this?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Richard.
>>|||Hello,
To solve the issue you have start the SQL Server service using an Domain OS
user which got write
access to the remote share.
So go to Control Panel -- Admin Tools -- Services -- MSSQL Server sercice--
Double click and select the "Log on" option.
There you give a Valid Domain OS user and password to start the service. Now
stop and start the MSSQL Serevr service.
Note: That domain user should have previlages in the remote share to write
the file as well as prev. to start the SQL server.
After this you try to execute the Backup database command in Query
Analyzer:-
Backup database <dbname> to Disk='\\backup\tmp\networkdatabase.dat' with
init ( With init will overwrite the backup file every time)
Thanks
Hari
"BQ_rmsterling" <richard.sterling@.bluesq.com> wrote in message
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> SQL Server 2000 SP4
> Trying to backup to a network resource when SQL uses the machine service
> account. Obviously something like EXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk',
> 'device_name',
> '\\filer_name\share_name\path\file_name.ext' would be used but this
> doesn't
> work because of permissions.
> Fairly new to DBA stuff so please have patience with me.
> How can you do this?
> Regards,
> Richard.