missing hd partition

hello, we have sqlserver2K on Win2K SP4 on two machines namely prod and
backup. on backup when i do EM backup and click on the "add" device i
could view the different hard disk partitions of my server (C:, D:, E:,
F. but on the prod i could only view C: even though there is a D:
partition. previously i had scheduled an EM backup to D: partition on
this prod server. last week i noticed that the backup is failing
because D: is not being "seen" by EM. i've read through the BOL but
couldn't find a clue (probably i'm thick) so i'm asking if anyone could
shed a light on how EM "see" the D: partition?maverick wrote:
> hello, we have sqlserver2K on Win2K SP4 on two machines namely prod and
> backup. on backup when i do EM backup and click on the "add" device i
> could view the different hard disk partitions of my server (C:, D:, E:,
> F. but on the prod i could only view C: even though there is a D:
> partition. previously i had scheduled an EM backup to D: partition on
> this prod server. last week i noticed that the backup is failing
> because D: is not being "seen" by EM. i've read through the BOL but
> couldn't find a clue (probably i'm thick) so i'm asking if anyone could
> shed a light on how EM "see" the D: partition?
>
Verify that the SQL Server service account (check the service
properties) has permissions to read/write on the "missing" partition.
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||Tracy McKibben wrote:
> Verify that the SQL Server service account (check the service
> properties) has permissions to read/write on the "missing" partition.
>
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com
that worked! the account that sqlserver is using doesn't have
permissions on the "missing" partition.
thank you so much Tracy for your help!