The account already has full control permissions. The backup had been running fine, then just stopped. I added a 'Pause' statement into the batch command to see why we weren't getting a backup and that's when I came up with the error.

It turns out it was the parent folder for which permissions needed to be added. It's a shared folder on a remote drive that the account had rights to the drive and folders but not the permissions on the "Sharing" tab of the drive properties. My guess is somone else here made a change but never 'fessed up to it.

It turns out it was the parent folder for which permissions needed to be added. It's a shared folder on a remote drive that the account had rights to the drive and folders but not the permissions on the "Sharing" tab of the drive properties. My guess is somone else heare made a change but never 'fessed up to it.

I tried to run this command: Stsadm -o Backup -directory \\<backup drive>\<backup folder>\ -backupmethod full -quiet But got the following message" Access to the path '\\<backup drive>\<backup folder>\spbrtoc.xml' is denied. As far as I can tell I have access to the drive and folder. Any ideas?

Hi, Are you able to open \\<backup drive>\<backup folder>\ And please check right of account with which you are trying to run this operation, if possible try with farm admin account Regards, Pratik Vyas | SharePoint Consultant | http://sharepointpratik.blogspot.com/

Yes, I can open \\<backup drive>\<backup folder>\ while using the farm admin account. I'm also using the same account to run the backup.

Ok, Go to that folder and add your account / farm admin account with Write permission and then checkRegards, Pratik Vyas | SharePoint Consultant | http://sharepointpratik.blogspot.com/

The account alredy has full control permissions. The backup had been running fine, then just stopped. I added a 'Pause' statement into the batch command to see why we weren't getting a backup and that's when I came up with the error.