Share not visible in SSMS

  • We moved our shares from the old SAN to the new SAN. Cannot see the share/drive via SSMS. Can't backup a database via SSMS as the drive letter doesn't appear. I can see the drive and use it on the server. I can also map to the drive from my laptop. Any ideas on a fix?

  • Forgot to say this is on a cluster.

  • The drives will not be available to SQL Server until you make the SQL Server resource dependent on those new drives. They can still be accessed using UNC path though - as long as the service account running SQL Server has the correct permissions.

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  • Problem fixed. Went to cluster manager and add the drive as a dependency to the SQL Server resource.:-)

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