Issue with Source directory as the directory from mount drive

[suneet...@gmail.com]

We want to use in-place bulk import, the content store is on map drive E. When I specify the any folder on the map drive as source directory, the error "Source directory not exits" occurred from filesystemBulkImportSource class.

However the import ( streaming) worked with source folder from D drive (local drive). where the Alfreco app server Tomcat is on drive D 

I tried a test java program to try and access the same folder on E and it is finding the folder.

Could you please advice on how can we use the source folder from map drive with bulk import.

[Peter Monks]

G'day Suneetha,

The mapped drive must be accessible to the Windows user the Alfresco process is running as, not your own user account.  As a result, any tests you perform under your own login aren't going to help diagnose the issue - Alfresco (and therefore the bulk import tool) is almost certainly running as a different user.

If (as I suspect) Alfresco is running as a Windows service account, you may find it easier to use UNC notation [1] to refer to the source drive, rather than the legacy mapped drive format - it's difficult to properly map drives into a Windows service account.  Note that you may also run afoul of Windows' authentication mechanism - service accounts have various restrictions, including (depending on how the account is configured) no access to network resources (so even using UNC notation may not be enough).

I would encourage you to bring in a Windows administrator to help you set this up properly - that will likely save you a lot of time banging your head against Windows' illogical network and user authentication subsystems.

Cheers,

Peter

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing)#Uniform_Naming_Convention 

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