Symptoms
Assume that you have SQL Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) running on an instance of SQL Server 2019 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)\Community Technology Preview (CTP). When you try to upgrade the FCI passive node from RC1\CTP to SQL Server 2019 RTM, then the upgrade fails. This happens because the setup tries to access MSSQL\JOBS folder which is on the shared drive and is inaccessible to the FCI passive node.
(01) DateTime Slp: Exception type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.ScoExtension.CreateFolderFailedException
(01) DateTimeSlp: Message:
(01) DateTimeSlp: Failed to create folder FilePath\FileName due to failure "Failed to create a new folder 'FilePath\FileName'
. The specified path is invalid (for example, it is on an unmapped drive).".
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
Note To apply this fix, you may need to run the slipstream installation with /UpdateSource option.
About cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
References
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