# NAT-Win Bufferpool Problem

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/nat-win-bufferpool-problem/60273>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Linux, Natural-on-Windows-Unix\
**Created:** [October 19, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/nat-win-bufferpool-problem/60273 "2005-10-19T13:42:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sedo](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Sedo)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/nat-win-bufferpool-problem/60273/1 "2005-10-19T13:42:03Z")

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Dear Friends, 😛

have a nice day …

i have a problem on Windows-Environment ( win 2003 )

I installed Natural v6.1.1 on File-Server. And then i installed the Client with ClientSetup.exe !  
And now i want to start the Natural-Bufferpool on client. But i receive allways error. ☹

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```
           bpstart.cmd

```

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SETLOCAL  
SET NATBIN=K:\natural\6.1.1\bin  
“%NATBIN%\NATBPSVC” INSTALL AUTOMATIC  
“%NATBIN%\NATBPSVC” CREATE NATBP  
“%NATBIN%\NATBPSVC” SET NATBP START=YES  
“%NATBIN%\NATBPSVC” START  
ENDLOCAL

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```
            Error message :

```

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[b]%NATBPSVC-I: Natural 6.1.1 Bufferpool Service  
%NATBPSVC-E: StartService failed  
%NATBPSVC-I: Error code is 3

System can not find this directory

%NATBPSVC-I: Natural 6.1.1 Bufferpool Services [/b]

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(Although this directory ( K:\natural\6.1.1\bin ) is shared-directory and I have all privilliges to use K: drive )  
  
 Could you please help me ?  
thanx a lot … :o

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**Author:** ![Sedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sedo](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Sedo)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/nat-win-bufferpool-problem/60273/2 "2005-10-19T14:37:57Z")

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Hints :

[b]K:\ drive is " Netware DTS " and shared for us. It is FileServer for Natural.

Client is MS Win XP Version 2002

( only for your Info ! )[/b]

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**Author:** ![Sedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sedo](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Sedo)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/nat-win-bufferpool-problem/60273/3 "2005-10-25T18:58:52Z")

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Explanation from SAG-Support !

"  
It is a restrictiveness from Windows.  
Windows can not start a service from remotedisks ! "

😢

greetinx

Sedo

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**Author:** ![Chad\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Chad\_Scott](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Chad_Scott)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/nat-win-bufferpool-problem/60273/4 "2005-11-26T21:57:36Z")

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That explanation is true, but a service can be started by using the UNC path rather than a mapped network drive. For example, if K:\ maps to the \NaturalServer\Shared folder use \NaturalServer\Shared\natural\6.1.1\bin as your NATBIN value.

There may be other security issues that need to be addressed, like setting NaturalServer to be a trusted server from the clients and whether to start the service using a user account rather than the Local System Account, but it IS possible.

Chad.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/nat-win-bufferpool-problem/60273/5 "2021-04-02T14:40:19Z")

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