How to make DNR work with UNC path

chduan

I start a deployment with DNR by using the following command:

/opt/apps/OpenDeployNG/bin/iwodstart IWH2-Dev_CREATE_filer.041906_iis6_asp_test_app1.20060426 -k farm=WINDOWSFARM -k dnrCmd='c:/winn
t/system32/cscript.exe d:/iwh2_dnr/CreateVirtualRoot_filer.wsf \\IWHTestStorage\IWHDevel-Test\iwh\041906_iis6_asp_test_app1 041906_i
is6_asp_test_app1 TEST' -k definition=WINDOWS -k srcArea=/default/main/IWH/EDITION/INITIAL/ -k targetArea=d:/iwh2_dnr/blankdirforDNR
/041906_iis6_asp_test_app1

Please note in the above command, I've got UNC path for dnrCmd such as:
\\IWHTestStorage\IWHDevel-Test\iwh\041906_iis6_asp_test_app1

When OpenDeploy (6.0.2) triggers this DNR, it takes one backslash away from my UNC path and leave it like in below shown in base deployment log:
deploy_run_script=c:/winnt/system32/cscript.exe d:/iwh2_dnr/CreateVirtualRoot_filer.wsf \IWHTestStorage\IWHDevel-Test\iwh\041906_iis6_asp_test_app1 041906_iis6_asp_test_app1 TEST

Note: I've got \IWHTestStorage\IWHDevel-Test\iwh\041906_iis6_asp_test_app1 instead of \\IWHTestStorage\IWHDevel-Test\iwh\041906_iis6_asp_test_app1

I've tried several things such as to change the UNC path to be \\\\IWHTestStorage\IWHDevel-Test\iwh\041906_iis6_asp_test_app1

or single quote it like: '\\IWHTestStorage\IWHDevel-Test\iwh\041906_iis6_asp_test_app1'

Nothing worked for me so far. Do anybody else have similar experience and a solution?

Thanks,
Chaorong

Adam Stoller

You might have to map a drive to the UNC path first and reference the path through the drive letter.

You should probably contact Support and have them research this and, potentially, open a feature request for the ability of DNRs to work with UNC paths (I think the use of UNC paths for source/target areas is a fairly recent feature, so it wouldn't surprise me if it isn't currently working for DNRs).