Technical Note: XTN1606
Overview
External magnetic disks or SSDs may be directly connected to a computer running XenData6 Server software. If these disks were formatted on a Mac using the HFS, HFS+ or HFSX format, they will not be recognized by Windows. As a solution to this Microsoft Windows limitation, third party utilities will allow you to extract the connect from HFS/HFS+/HFSX media into Windows. Alternatively, you can format your external drives as exFAT prior to loading them with data for migration, as this format is compatible with both Windows and Mac systems.
A highly reviewed Open Source utility called HFSExplorer is readily available at this link: http://www.catacombae.org/. HFSExplorer is provided free from Catacombae under the GPL. Java is required for this application.
This technical note describes how to migrate data from Mac formatted disks to the XenData volume.
Migrating files from Mac to Windows
First install Java and HFSExplorer.
Once you have installed the application run "HSFExplorer" by selecting it from your Start Menu.
In HSFExplorer, select "Load file system from device", in the "File" menu.
Click "Autodetect…" to find your Mac formatted volume.
Select the detected volume you wish to work with. Click "OK".
From here you can extract individual files, folders, or the whole disk.
Select the files or folders you want to extract and click "Extract".
Navigate to your XenData Volume and select the folder you want the extracted files/folders to be placed in. Click "Extract here".
Click "No", when prompted about symbolic links.
Your files have been extracted to the XenData volume and folder of your choosing and will begin writing to the archive based on your File Group and Volume Set rules.
Applicable Operating Systems
- Windows Server 2012 R2
Applicable XenData Software
This technical note is applicable to:
- Version 6 – Server Editions of Archive Series software
PBS
XenData’s fully supported clustered server meets all the requirements for our disaster recovery site. We have been very pleased with the SX-525 product and XenData’s technical team who have provided system design and integration services above and beyond expectations.
James Cutright, Director, Project Management
PBS
Crew Cuts
I did my research, and the best archive solution was from XenData which manages a robotic LTO library behind the scenes. This helps to minimize our total costs and allows us to focus on producing great content for our customers.
Chris Keenan, CTO
Crew Cuts
Ideal Systems Singapore
We partnered with XenData for the GlobeCast Broadcast facility rollout, because it offers one of the most cost effective, robust digital video archives on the market and a great migration alternative to some of the more expensive digital video archive vendor offerings.
Fintan Mc Kiernan, CEO
Ideal Systems Singapore
North Shore Automation
Having completed over 25 joint installations of XenData archive systems, we have found everyone on the XenData team to be both highly professional and super responsive and their technology to be rock solid. They are truly a pleasure to work with.
Bryson Jones, Founder
North Shore Automation
This is Just a Test
With over 558 TB of content and growing, conventional backup solutions just don’t work for us. Our XenData system allows us to maintain an ongoing mirrored copy of our shared storage while creating replica LTO copies for offsite storage.
Nathan Flom
This is Just a Test
Excelencia
We have now installed over 170 XenData archive systems across Mexico and they have proven to be very reliable. In addition, the technical support from XenData has been outstanding.
Jorge Castaneda, President
Excelencia en Comunicaciones y Tecnología