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NetBackup™ for Cloud Object Store Administrator's Guide

Recovery error: "Invalid alternate directory location. You must specify a string with length less than 1025 valid characters"

Explanation

Happens when the specified value in the Directory to restore field in the web UI, is more than 1024 characters. This value maps internally to the alternateDirectoryLocation attribute in the API.

Workaround

Specify a restore location that is less than 1024 characters.

Note:

This error does not appear on the Activity Monitor.

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