SharePoint Backup

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We just engaged ICS to do an ESP and MSP.  After asking about failed backups, we were told it is a Microsoft issue.  We want to automate our SQL Server backups of the SharePoint database, but they fail with the following:

Failed:(-1073548784) Executing the query "BACKUP DATABASE [Search_Service_Application_Analyt..." failed with the following error: "Invalid device name. The length of the device name provided exceeds supported limit (maximum length is:259). Reissue the BACKUP statement with a valid device name.

Does anyone have a resolution?

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One thing to look at is your path for your backups. The device name includes the full path, so by setting your backups to something like E:Backups (just an example) that will help with the length and maybe get you under the 259 character limit.