A couple of checkpoints: 1.) Was the J:\ drive mounted BEFORE the database was brought online? 2.) Reading network shares by the Oracle instance requires the drives to be mounted by the system and not by a user account. There's a couple of ways around this. One is to use AutoEXNT.exe and run a script to mount the drives as a SYSTEM SERVICE. However, I thought in 11g there was a way to read UNC paths but not sure if that works for archive log destinations. Chris -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patterson, Joel Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:34 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Reading network share oracle on windows 11g on windows 2008. Oracle is running as an admin account. From sqlplus same account can spool a file successfully. Does anyone know what I am missing to set the parameter successfully? alter system set standby_archive_dest='J:\' * ERROR at line 1: ORA-02097: parameter cannot be modified because specified value is invalid ORA-16032: parameter STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST destination string cannot be translated ORA-09291: sksachk: invalid device specified for archive destination OSD-04018: Unable to access the specified directory or device. O/S-Error: (OS 3) The system cannot find the path specified. Joel Patterson Senior Oracle Database Administrator jpatterson@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jpatterson@xxxxxxxxxx> Office: 904 928-2790 Enterprise Integration Corporation / www.entint.com<http://www.entint.com/> 7601 Centurion Parkway | Jacksonville, FL 32256 -- Joel Patterson Sr. Database Administrator | Enterprise Integration Phone: 904-928-2790 | Fax: 904-733-4916 www.entint.com<http://www.entint.com/> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/signaturev61.jpg]<http://www.entint.com/> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_FaceBook1.jpg]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Enterprise-Integration/212351215444231> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_Twitter1.jpg] <http://twitter.com/#!/entint> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_LinkedIn1.jpg] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/18276?trk=tyah> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_YouTube1.jpg] <http://www.youtube.com/user/ValueofIT> This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. [v.1.1] -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l