Locate backup file - can't see other drives

In MS SQL 2005 when you select "Restore Database" and click "From
Device", you get a directory explorer where you can select a backup
file. In that explorer window ("Locate Backup File") I can't see any
other drives than the one where my MS SQL Server is installed.
Is it just my system or is this by design?
Thanks for any ideas!It could be that your SQL Server is clustered and you're seeing only the
disks on which SQL Server has a dependency.
Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
"lanfear" <v_koski@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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In MS SQL 2005 when you select "Restore Database" and click "From
Device", you get a directory explorer where you can select a backup
file. In that explorer window ("Locate Backup File") I can't see any
other drives than the one where my MS SQL Server is installed.
Is it just my system or is this by design?
Thanks for any ideas!|||Hi
"lanfear" wrote:

> In MS SQL 2005 when you select "Restore Database" and click "From
> Device", you get a directory explorer where you can select a backup
> file. In that explorer window ("Locate Backup File") I can't see any
> other drives than the one where my MS SQL Server is installed.
> Is it just my system or is this by design?
> Thanks for any ideas!
>
Normally the dialog would default to a location and you could browse from
there depending on your permissions to see the directories. You could try
typing the path in yourself. With a cluster you would only see the drives
that have been tagged as cluster resources.
John|||Are the other drives in question local? I
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Anthony E. Castro - MCDBA
"lanfear" wrote:

> In MS SQL 2005 when you select "Restore Database" and click "From
> Device", you get a directory explorer where you can select a backup
> file. In that explorer window ("Locate Backup File") I can't see any
> other drives than the one where my MS SQL Server is installed.
> Is it just my system or is this by design?
> Thanks for any ideas!
>|||Wow, bullseye! It's a two node cluster where only the E drive is in
the resource group. I suppose there isn't a way to have other drives
displayed when it's a clustered service.
Thanks a lot for the fast reply, now I don't have to scratch my head
anymore. Thanks John & Anthony aswell.
/lf
On Jul 6, 3:23 pm, "Tom Moreau" <t...@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote:
> It could be that your SQL Server is clustered and you're seeing only the
> disks on which SQL Server has a dependency.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> "lanfear" <v_ko...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1183726609.006262.23360@.q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> In MS SQL 2005 when you select "Restore Database" and click "From
> Device", you get a directory explorer where you can select a backup
> file. In that explorer window ("Locate Backup File") I can't see any
> other drives than the one where my MS SQL Server is installed.
> Is it just my system or is this by design?
> Thanks for any ideas!|||Just got back from vacation - sorry for the late follow-up. I don't think
there is a way to get that in SSMS.
That said, I'm concerned that there is only one disk dependency - drive E: -
for your clustered instance. Typically, you have one disk for data and
another for logs.
Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCITP, MCTS
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Tom.Moreau
"lanfear" <v_koski@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Wow, bullseye! It's a two node cluster where only the E drive is in
the resource group. I suppose there isn't a way to have other drives
displayed when it's a clustered service.
Thanks a lot for the fast reply, now I don't have to scratch my head
anymore. Thanks John & Anthony aswell.
/lf
On Jul 6, 3:23 pm, "Tom Moreau" <t...@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote:
> It could be that your SQL Server is clustered and you're seeing only the
> disks on which SQL Server has a dependency.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> "lanfear" <v_ko...@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1183726609.006262.23360@.q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> In MS SQL 2005 when you select "Restore Database" and click "From
> Device", you get a directory explorer where you can select a backup
> file. In that explorer window ("Locate Backup File") I can't see any
> other drives than the one where my MS SQL Server is installed.
> Is it just my system or is this by design?
> Thanks for any ideas!