Dell Unity: EMcopy error "Unable to add the share on target server" displayed in log file after running sharedup
Sommaire: 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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Symptômes
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
\\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.
Résolution
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
Creating share "\\EMCOPY_UNITY.TEST.MID\emcopy_smb3"
to export directory "C:\emcopy_fs3"...
-> OK
Produits touchés
Dell EMC Unity, VNX/VNXe, Storage SoftwarePropriétés de l’article
Numéro d’article: 000199247
Type d’article: Solution
Dernière modification: 16 oct. 2025
Version: 5
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