• I found the problem and resolved it. Not sure why the problem is...

    The backup location was \\ip_address\backuplocation.

    After a network glitch somehow that translation of ip_address got lost.

    I just replaced it with the server name and everything started working again.

    what a pain...

    Thanks to all of you who took time to talk about this.

    Really appreciate this. No wonder our community is so much better than Ora...

    Cheers

    Paresh

    Paresh Motiwala Manager of Data Team, Big Data Enthusiast, ex DBA