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OS X Filenames - backup failure - containing characters like / > ?
Backup jobs fail presumably because certain OS X filennames can't be copied. For example original filename: .AC33E0B7-5909-458C-8A1C-0ECA51A0EA8B/ABSubscriptionRecord.abcds The backup job c...
Thank you StephenB, it's a pitty that the ReadyNAS backup jobs cannot handle the files directly containing characters allowed under OSX. I would like to try your workaround suggestion. I created a ISCSI LUN GROUP and created a iSCSI LUN and assigned it to the LUN GROUP. But I cannot find an instruction how to access and format that LUN as HFS+ from OSX?
The problem is that the PC needs an "iSCSI initiator". Windows has that built-in, but the mac does not.
Here are two you could try for free - kernsafe's free version isn't time-limited, so maybe try that first???:
http://www.kernsafe.com/product/iscsi-san-macos/license-compares.aspx
http://www.studionetworksolutions.com/globalsan-iscsi-initiator/
There might be others, hopefully folks using iSCSI on OSX will chime in.
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