Macintosh Agent and long file names
I have a customer with Backup Exec 10 for Windows Servers with the Macintosh Agent installed. There are having a problem backing up files on a mac whose path exceeds 256 characters. The informati...
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I am also having an issue with the Macintosh long names. The Mac Admin has informed me that he has installed colorsync for the users and this creates huges file names (eg 0063006f006d002e006100700070006c0065002e005300610066006100720069/005400720061006e0073006c00610074006f0072002d004c006500670061006300790043006f006e006400750069007400420075006e0064006c00650050006100740068004b00650079).
I cannot rename these as they are generated by the application.
The argument that this is a Windows limitation is crud, the reason we use agents is so as to avoid OS issues. The data and file name is only being passed between the Media Server and the Agent.
I am also having an issue with the Macintosh long names. The Mac Admin has informed me that he has installed colorsync for the users and this creates huges file names (eg 0063006f006d002e006100700070006c0065002e005300610066006100720069/005400720061006e0073006c00610074006f0072002d004c006500670061006300790043006f006e006400750069007400420075006e0064006c00650050006100740068004b00650079).
I cannot rename these as they are generated by the application.
The argument that this is a Windows limitation is crud, the reason we use agents is so as to avoid OS issues. The data and file name is only being passed between the Media Server and the Agent.
