Problem:
Although a full permission (i.e. Administrator) is granted, the following command line to install COBOL Server 2.0 on a network drive fails:
COBOLServer20.exe /q /componentargs "Micro Focus COBOL Server":"INSTALLDIR=S:\\COBOLsrv20"
The install aborts with the following error message:
"The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory: S:\\COBOLsrv20. The installer cannot continue. Logon as an administrator or contact your system administrator."
%TMP%\\COBOLServerx86_install_log.txt reports the following error:
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Product: Micro Focus COBOL Server -- Error 1327. Invalid Drive: S:\\
Error 1327. Invalid Drive: S:\\
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Resolution:
This is an issue with Microsoft Installer not allowing to install a software on the network mapped drive.
To workaround the problem, you may use instead the actual UNC behind the mapped drive.
Given the UNC behind S drive is \\\\machine-name\\share\\, the command to install COBOL Server 2.0 would be the following:
COBOLServer20.exe /q /componentargs "Micro Focus COBOL Server":"INSTALLDIR=\\\\machine-name\\share\\COBOLsrv20"
The above will result to have COBOL Server 2.0 installed on S:\\COBOLsrv20.
