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Jensen
Asked: 2012-04-19 01:17:23 +0800 CST

Cannot create TFS backup plan, permission issues in a non-domain setup

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I am trying to create a backup plan for my TFS 2010 server. This TFS server (MRSPOCK) is not part of a domain. My backup destination folder is a shared folder on a Windows 7 Professional PC (SCOTTY). However, during the readiness checks I get the following error:

[ Grant Backup Plan Permissions ] Account MRSPOCK\Administrator failed to create backups using path \\SCOTTY\Backups
[ Backup Tasks Verifications ] Account MRSPOCK\Administrator failed to create backups using path \\SCOTTY\Backups

The first results Google provided me was related to the backup folder having a space in its name, but mine hasn't. From what I gathered I assume the problem is due to the fact that my MSSQL service account does not have enough rights to write to that folder. When I tried to backup to a local folder this succeeded without issues. But of course, the point of backups is that they are not made to the same PC. :)

Unfortunately I don't know how I can do this as I cannot access the users of the other PC. Is there something I'm missing, or is there a workaround for my issue?

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2 Answers

  1. I'm guessing you've long since solved your problem, but I just had this same error.

    This article has a lot of good information

    Turns out the service account using the share must OWN the share/folder. Having full control was not sufficient.

    Changing the owner of the folder to the same account running the backups fixed my issue.

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  2. What are the permissions on the network share? Set it up for Everyone to have Full Control and try again. Make sure you're setting network share permissions and not NTFS file permissions.

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