Backup BFI Directory

Usage and Config BFI
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I am trying to copy the BFI directory as a backup prior to doing an upgrade to Bigfix Inventory, and I am running into path too long.

The directory name D:\Bigfix Enterprise\bfi\wlp\usr\servers\server1\workarea\org.eclipse.osgi\57\data\cacheOverlay\com.ibm.ws.app.manager_156\WEB-INF\lib.cache\jruby-stdlib.jar\META-INF\jruby.home\lib\ruby\stdlib\org\bouncycastle\bcpkix-jdk15on\1.62.cache\bcpkix-jdk15on-1.62.jar is too long.
The directory name D:\Bigfix Enterprise\bfi\wlp\usr\servers\server1\workarea\org.eclipse.osgi\57\data\cacheOverlay\com.ibm.ws.app.manager_156\WEB-INF\lib.cache\jruby-stdlib.jar\META-INF\jruby.home\lib\ruby\stdlib\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.62.cache\bcprov-jdk15on-1.62.jar is too long.
The directory name D:\Bigfix Enterprise\bfi\wlp\usr\servers\server1\workarea\org.eclipse.osgi\57\data\cacheOverlay\com.ibm.ws.app.manager_156\WEB-INF\lib.cache\jruby-stdlib.jar\META-INF\jruby.home\lib\ruby\stdlib\org\bouncycastle\bctls-jdk15on\1.62.cache\bctls-jdk15on-1.62.jar is too long.

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Windows Server Backup might work for this requirement, rather than a file-based copy.

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Agreed. Robocopy may have better results than copy, or possibly zipping up the directory. If neither of those work, I have a couple of other tricks with UNC paths you could try as well.

4

I am concerned about the validity of those directories. BFI wouldn’t design a directory structure that is so long, would they?

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No, it all just depends on how the paths are referenced. The “copy” command by default is limited to the older Win32 path limits, but if you’re accessing the filesystem in a POSIX way like Java or Robocopy the limits are much longer.

In fact, you can make plain-old ‘copy’ or many other command-line utilities work with the longer POSIX paths by doing something like

copy "\\?\D:\Bigfix Enterprise\bfi" "\\?\D:\BackupBigFix\bfi"

( I don’t know what command you’re running for the copy though, and as far as I know ‘copy’ itself doesn’t have a directory recursion option. ‘xcopy’ has directory recursion, but doesn’t accept the POSIX paths…so, your mileage may vary… )

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BFI uses mv command to create a backup/restore during upgrades. This command can be found in trace.log file. Here is an example:
Executing command [cmd.exe] [/c] [move] [/Y] [C:\PROGRA~1\BIGFIX~1\BFI\wlp] [C:\PROGRA~1\BIGFIX~1\BFI\wlp_10.0.9.0]

The following registry can be set to handle the long file path issue in Windows:
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem.
Edit LongPathsEnabled and set it to 1

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