# Scheduled Gateway Backup to Network Location

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scheduled-gateway-backup-to-network-location/10143>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 17, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scheduled-gateway-backup-to-network-location/10143 "2015-06-17T14:08:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ErikG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@ErikG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ErikG)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scheduled-gateway-backup-to-network-location/10143/1 "2015-06-17T14:08:25Z")

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Our Scheduled Gateway backups are not executing properly. Does anyone know what happens when setting the backup folder to a network location? What credentials does it use for access?

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**Author:** ![f\_jons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc29f/32.png) [@f\_jons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f_jons)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scheduled-gateway-backup-to-network-location/10143/2 "2015-06-17T14:57:31Z")

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We do this, using Windows server for the file server. The only setting that I had to change was to set the Everyone group to be able to Modify & Write.