XenData Limited XenData6, User Manual

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XenData6 Workstation supports overwriting of files, file deletion and file rename using standard Windows
Explorer operations. Files on tape may be overwritten by copying and pasting or dragging and dropping a
file of the same name to the same position in the folder structure. In this case, a Window will appear which
gives the option to either 'Copy and Replace' or 'Don't Copy'. When files are overwritten, new versions are
saved to tape and only the latest version will be available for restore.
When compared to writing to an NTFS disk volume, the following three limitations apply:
 Alternate Data Streams (ADS) are not written to LTO. ADS allows one or more extra streams of data to
be attached to a file in addition to the main data stream. When files with ADS are archived to LTO using
XenData6 Workstation, the main data stream is written to tape but any Alternate Data Streams are not
archived.
 It is not possible to rename a folder on LTO after files or sub-folders have been added to it.
 Copying empty folders or zero-size files to tape is not supported.
Note that the XenData6 Workstation system does support creation of new folders and displays the newly
created empty folders in Windows Explorer but does not write these to LTO tape until at least one file has
been written to that folder.
3.2 Restoring Files from LTO
Archive and restore operations are always performed using Windows Explorer. This means that files cannot
be directly restored from LTO using any other program. XenData6 Workstation extends Windows Explorer's
capabilities to transfer files to and from LTO using drag and drop or copy and paste. The system maintains
file and folder structures, allowing the transfer of nested folders to and from LTO tape.