DTS Job and UNC Path Problem (repost)

  • (Sorry but I have posted this again with different wording to make it  easier to understand.)

    I have some DTS Scheduled Jobs that have been running since December 2003. They run with the Domain Sqlagent Account. Now all of a sudden on Tuesday (06/29) they are not running as scheduled jobs. I am able to directly run the DTS Packages successfully from within SQL Server EM.

    1) The DTS Package calls an Execute Process Task Step which calls a batch file via a UNC Path Name. Inside this batch file the following DOS Statement is executed:

    pushd \\Servername\FixedInc\fidata\ftp\lehman\ftp

    2) The View Job History Error Message:

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\NT>pushd \\Servername\FixedInc\fidata\ftp\lehman\ftp' ' is an invalid current directory path. UNC paths are not supported.

    Why all of a sudden would the Jobs start complaining about UNC Paths? Our Network Group assures me that no changes have been made to the servers, network or sqlagent account.

  • There might have been a change to the command extensions which prevents pushd from using UNC paths. Check out the link from http://www.ss64.com/nt/pushd.html



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