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Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

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I was wondering if there is a way to connect to a shared drive without the pc being on..

Basically right now we are just using a .bat file with xcopy to move some files from A to B.. problem is that this is on a users machine.. so the machine has to stay on. Is there a way to use PA to copy from a shared drive \\drive\folder to another location so we dont have to have the pc on 24/7!?

 

Thanks!

 

 

  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    lbendlin 7,597 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    not on the share drive, on a separate VM.  Gateways don't play well with other applications on the same VM.

  • StaticFX Profile Picture
    StaticFX 29 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    OK, so.. I need to convince my IT to install a gateway on the share drive.. lol this should be fun.

    Thanks!!

  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    lbendlin 7,597 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    Now, now.  🙂  Gateways come in two flavors, personal and standard.  Both versions can be installed on a physical PC or on a VM but in general personal gateways are installed on someone's PC (which isn't on 24x7) and standard (enterprise) gateways are installed on a VM that is on 24x7.

  • StaticFX Profile Picture
    StaticFX 29 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    right, but isnt the gateaway on my PC? so my pc would need to stay on? or am I being stupid? lol (dont answer that)

  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    lbendlin 7,597 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    That is expected behavior. A gateway is required if the Azure service needs help seeing the on-premise data source (your file share , in this case).  There's no magic involved here that would somehow allow you to avoid that.

  • StaticFX Profile Picture
    StaticFX 29 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    yeah when I try to create a connection to the share \\drive\folder .. it wants a gateway. Thats where I am stuck.. our shared is on a cloud, but what connector do you use? the filesystem one wants a gateway...

  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    lbendlin 7,597 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    either your network drive is in the public cloud, or you use a gateway.

  • StaticFX Profile Picture
    StaticFX 29 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    how can a cloud flow connect to a network drive .. the connector is installed on the local PC isnt it?

     

  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    lbendlin 7,597 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    we are talking about cloud flows here, right? They don't need a PC to be on.  Unless your file share is on that PC?

     

     

  • StaticFX Profile Picture
    StaticFX 29 on at
    Re: Connect to a shared/network drive (without pc on)

    ... how do you connect it to a shared drive, but not have to leave the PC on? I know you can create a local connector on your PC... but thats not an option. Is there something I am missing?

     

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