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Error when backing up SolarWinds in SSMS

I’ve just inherited our SolarWinds environment, and I'm about to upgrade our Orion instance to HCO. When I go in to back up the database in SSMS, I get the following error:

"System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error '3(The system cannot find the path specified.)' while attempting 'FindFirstFile' on 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\SolarWindsOrion_IN_MEM.vs\*'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)"

I checked that folder path, and SolarWindsOrion_IN_MEM.vs doesn't exist. There is a folder called SolarWindsOrion_IN_MEM. I've backed up the SolarWindsFlowStorage and SolarWindsOrionLog with no issue.

Any thoughts?

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stuartd

It smacks of permission issues - as in not enough.

This article agrees: https://sqlbackupandftp.com/blog/how-to-solve-operating-system-error-3#:~:text=Operating%20system%20error%203%20(The,one%20or%20more%20root%20causes.

maxpendley

That's been my suspicion from the start, but I still get stuck on the fact that "SolarWindsOrion_IN_MEM.vs" is not an existing folder, nor is it the folder I'm attempting to write to. I will read the article and see if it offers any aid.