Using azcopy to copy files

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Using azcopy to copy files

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Mr. Brian Gale SSC-Insane Points: 24976 More actions · Answer 1

I have never used the tool azcopy.exe before, but as a thought, does your SQL Server Agent account have permission to the Azure site and have access to the files on I:\ drive?

What I would try is start the command prompt up as the SQL Server Agent account and list the contents of the I drive.

One way to do this would be to use this (in a bat file):

dir /s I:\ > c:\temp\IFiles.txt

NOTE - make the folder C:\temp prior to running that.

Run that bat file as a SQL agent job and check the contents of the file C:\temp\IFiles.txt. Everything it lists is everything that the SQL Server Agent account can see.

My guess is that one or more folders on I:\ are not accessible by the SQL Server Agent account.

The above is all just my opinion on what you should do.
As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it. Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.