I am running in to an odd issue trying to set up a maintenance plan on SQL Server 2012 to back up to a file defined as a backup device.
The database engine and agent services are running as a domain user account.
I gave both the database engine +sql agent service accounts full control permission to the location where the backup file is, effective permissions shows that the account has full control.
Running a backup manually runs fine.
If i try to set up a maintenance plan, it gives "the database engine service could not resolve the specified folder location. Either the location does not exist, or the current login account does not have access to it".
The manual backup did not define that the backup set would expire.
Any ideas as to what the issue may be? it doesn't seem to be a permissions problem, the backup is being stored on to a...