Dell Unity: EMcopy error "Unable to add the share on target server" displayed in log file after running sharedup

Summary: After initial copy and incremental copy was successfully run on the emcopy hosts, while trying to run the sharedup utility to copy the security descriptors and all security permissions related from the source to the destination shares, an error occurred in the log file generated from sharedup ...

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Symptoms

Here is a sample of the command that was running:

\\emcopy_vnx3.test.mid \\emcopy_unity.test.mid  ALL /R /LU /SD /log:C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\sharedup-outputagain101.txt /FI:C:\sharedup\file.txt

Sample of the error displayed:

Creating share "\\EMCOPY_UNITY.TEST.MID\emcopy_smb3"

 to export directory "C:\emcopy_fs3"...

 Error=0x00000002: Unable to add the share on target server
 NetShareAdd:The system cannot find the file specified.


 -> Share "\\EMCOPY_UNITY.TEST.MID\emcopy_smb3" not duplicated

Cause

The issue occurs if the filesystem name on both source and destination arrays are not the same.

Resolution

Created a new filesystem on the destination (Unity) with the same name as the source (VNX), and ran initial copy, incremental, then sharedup again

Creating share "\\EMCOPY_UNITY.TEST.MID\emcopy_smb3"

 to export directory "C:\emcopy_fs3"...

 -> OK

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity, VNX/VNXe, Storage Software
Article Properties
Article Number: 000199247
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 16 Oct 2025
Version:  5
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