Backup Limitations
Creation Date: March 17, 2006
Revision Date: October 31, 2007
Product: DS‑Client
Summary
This article describes some DS-Client backup limitations related to the length of the source file names and to the length of the path where the source files reside.
Details
The following directory path and file name limits exist, depending on the type of database used by DS-Client:
Windows DS-Client
• Directory Path Limit: 435 characters (the entire path up to the beginning of the file name).
• File Name Limit: 255 characters (file system limitation).
Linux DS-Client
• Directory and File Path Limit: 1023 characters (the entire path including the file name).
• File Name Limit: 255 characters (file system limitation).
In most cases, the file system will prevent users from creating directory paths longer than these limits. However, if your environment has paths that exceed a DS-Client Database limit, the DS-Client will log an error (Directory path is too long.).