"ronald" <ronald@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> During the install of SQL Server 2008, I pointed the data directories to
>>> the shared folders and got an error.
>>
>> When posting to a technical newsgroup asking for help because you "got an
>> error", it's *REALLY* useful to the people who are trying to help you if
>> you
>> actually say what the error message was... >
> The error message was:
>
> The drive X:\ specified in directory X:\Database\dbs\data is not a valid
> drive.
>
> I used the VPC Shared drive functionality to map X:\ to my host
> C:\Database
> folder. Firstly, I'm not certain whether SQL Server allows its data directory to
reside on remote disks - it certainly doesn't for its backup directory...
Secondly, shared drives are not 100% reliable - I'd suggest using standard
networking instead...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
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