Just an update.
Changing the mapped drive letter to the UNC path definitely works. Accessing data fine and now backup works smoothly.
Odd it stopped working suddenly, I guess Sage must have changed this recently as it was working on our network. A shame Sage didn't let everyone know about the change ...
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- 18 Mar 2015, 14:20
- Forum: Sage 50 UK version General Help
- Topic: Back up - 'Error occurred while trying to connect to the
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- 24 Feb 2015, 18:08
- Forum: Sage 50 UK version General Help
- Topic: Back up - 'Error occurred while trying to connect to the
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Re: Back up - 'Error occurred while trying to connect to the
Thanks, I'll try it when I'm next in that office, but it does seem strange that the client machines access the data file fine using mapped drives in the company file for normal day to day use, but not when running the backup.
- 23 Feb 2015, 18:54
- Forum: Sage 50 UK version General Help
- Topic: Back up - 'Error occurred while trying to connect to the
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Re: Back up - 'Error occurred while trying to connect to the
Our problem is similar, but only occurs when the people on the client machines try to do a backup.
We've got the Sage machine drive mapped to a drive letter on the client machines and the program loads the data directly from the machine acting as a Sage server with no problems at all. It's only ...
We've got the Sage machine drive mapped to a drive letter on the client machines and the program loads the data directly from the machine acting as a Sage server with no problems at all. It's only ...