Feature Request:"File Copy" support for long path/file names

[sccinfra]

We are planning to migrate all our Windows server shares over to a NetApp filer. We planned on using the "File Copy" feature of Veeam to backup the CIFS shares and while this works and is supported, there is no support for long path & file names.

I have opened a case with support (#00607680) and they have confirmed that this is a limitation of the product. Looking at the log file produced (C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\<job name>\Job.<job name>.FileCopy.log) we can see the following error:

[24.07.2014 13:37:06] <01> Error The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters. at System.IO.PathHelper.GetFullPathName()
[24.07.2014 13:37:06] <01> Error at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
[24.07.2014 13:37:06] <01> Error at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String path, Boolean needFullPath)
[24.07.2014 13:37:06] <01> Error at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[] str, Boolean needFullPath)
[24.07.2014 13:37:06] <01> Error at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
[24.07.2014 13:37:06] <01> Error at System.IO.FileSystemInfo.get_FullName()

It would be very helpful to have support added for this in future releases.

[Gostev]

Thank you for your feedback, we will keep this requested in mind.