The problem I am running into is the restoration of files using wbadmin; specifically with the -recoverytarget flag set. The line that I am running is :
e:>WBADMIN START RECOVERY -version:09/19/2013-10:00 -itemType:File -items:E:\Directory\ExcelSheet.xls -recoverytarget:e:\Temp
After this has executed, a nice message is displayed
Retrieving volume information…
You have chosen to recover the file(s) E:\Vendor\ExcelSheet.xls from the backup created on 9/19/2013 6:00 AM to e:\temp.Do you want to continue?
[Y] Yes [N] No y
I select Y and hit enter and this is displayed :
The path specified for recovery is invalid.
All combinations of trailing slashes have been tried but the same behavior occurs. UNC paths for the '-recoverytarget' are not supported.
Permissions are also not an issue as the targetdirectory has been given full rights to everyone (for testing of course).
File recovery from the GUI is functioning perfectly fine.
Any help is appreciated.
Best Answer
I got the same error message on Windows Server 2012 R2.
In my case, it turned out the message was misleading! The error was a typo in the
-itemsspecification (i forgot one level of folder nesting), not in the-recoveryTargetvalue.It looks like the message should be read as: "One of the paths of the items you specified for recovery is invalid."