After new/upgrade install of vRanger 5.3.- Connection to service failed. Could not connect to service. Would you like to attempt to connect again? In the vRanger Service log (in Event Viewer) - vRanger Backup & Replication encountered an error during startup. The exact error message was: The device is not ready.
This is due to the absence of a C: volume on the machine vRanger is to be installed on. The VizioncoreCatalogManager is hard coded to the C: volume. It looks for this path/directory on the C: volume each time the application is started.
Install an external USB drive onto the server and assign it the drive letter C:
Create C:\WINDOWS\Temp\VizioncoreCatalogManager. This will need to remain attached in order for vRanger to work properly.
Another solution would be to:
mkdir f:\cdrive
mkdir f:\cdrive\windows
mkdir f:\cdrive\windows\temp
Create a shortcut in the windows startup group and enter
subst c: f:\cdrive
