Mapped Network Share

  • Hello - I am trying to find out what is the best way to have my ssis package export data to flat file on a mapped network share. This will run hourly with a agent job running under the service account. I know im probably going to run into issues with a network share. Any help suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks !! 🙂

  • elee1969 (4/24/2014)


    Hello - I am trying to find out what is the best way to have my ssis package export data to flat file on a mapped network share. This will run hourly with a agent job running under the service account. I know im probably going to run into issues with a network share. Any help suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks !! 🙂

    My suggestion would be to use a UNC path rather than a mapped drive.

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
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  • Phil Parkin (4/25/2014)


    elee1969 (4/24/2014)


    Hello - I am trying to find out what is the best way to have my ssis package export data to flat file on a mapped network share. This will run hourly with a agent job running under the service account. I know im probably going to run into issues with a network share. Any help suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks !! 🙂

    My suggestion would be to use a UNC path rather than a mapped drive.

    So i would put the UNC path in the connection manager in the File Name section? When the package runs under the service account will it have issues writing to that location?

  • elee1969 (4/28/2014)


    Phil Parkin (4/25/2014)


    elee1969 (4/24/2014)


    Hello - I am trying to find out what is the best way to have my ssis package export data to flat file on a mapped network share. This will run hourly with a agent job running under the service account. I know im probably going to run into issues with a network share. Any help suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks !! 🙂

    My suggestion would be to use a UNC path rather than a mapped drive.

    So i would put the UNC path in the connection manager in the File Name section? When the package runs under the service account will it have issues writing to that location?

    Yes and maybe. Whether you use a mapped drive or a UNC path does not affect the permissions which the service account needs to modify files there.

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
    - Phil Parkin

  • Can't get this to work. I used UNC path \\Server\E$\filepath

    I get error can not find path.

  • If you log in as that service account, are you able to navigate to that path in Windows Explorer? Is that definitely a local drive on the server?

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
    - Phil Parkin

  • its not a local drive.

    What i am trying to do is ssis package creates 3 files on Server A. Then have the 3 files places on Server B because server B can get to the outside world to send files to vendor. We thought if we create a mapped network drive that it would work but so far no go.

  • UNC paths need to use local disks, as far as I know. But if you can map a drive to another server, you should also be able to point a UNC path at another server. I don't really understand the problem.

    The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
    - Martin Rees
    The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
    - Phil Parkin

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