• Ice007 (4/22/2013)


    Cannot open backup device '\\X\analyitcs\test_UNC.BAK'. Operating system error 53(The network path was not found.).

    As the error message says, the network path does not exist. Nor would I expect it to unless you have a server named "X"

    \\<server name>\<share name>\<path>

    Gail Shaw
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