Setting the backup directory.

[Scott Pon]

I have no idea why I'm having such a hard time with this...

In FM19 admin console, i'm trying to setup the schedule to do backups to a mapped drive. 

I mapped a drive letter "W:" to "\\server\fm_bkp\"  then created a folder "backups".  so in the "backup Schedules" for Backup Folder, I have tried the following:

• filewin:/W:/fm_bkp/backups/
• filewin:/server/fm_bkp/backups/

But I keep getting "the path is not valid". 

If I use a local folder ("filewin:/e:/TempBkp/ ") it accepts the path.

Am i not allowed to use a mapped drive?  therefore I have to save locally then copy to the remote server?  Or did I enter the path incorrectly with the wrong format (Windows to Apple paths always get me)? 

Thank you

[Søren Dyhr]

3 hours ago, Scott Pon said:

Or did I enter the path incorrectly with the wrong format

Perhaps the underscore in the above folder "plays up"?

[Scott Pon]

I took the underscore out.  I tried:

• filewin:/W:/
• filewin:/W:/fmbkp/backups/
• filewin:/server/fmbkp/backups/

and it gives me the same error. "The Path is not Valid"

[Søren Dyhr]

14 minutes ago, Scott Pon said:

and it gives me the same error. "The Path is not Valid"

Could you in powershell make something like?:

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path E:\Data\MyGames -Target "C:\users\UserName\MyGames"

....since you said?:

4 hours ago, Scott Pon said:

If I use a local folder ("filewin:/e:/TempBkp/ ") it accepts the path.

 

Edited April 17, 2024 by Søren Dyhr