This document allows you to quickly see the most recent changes throughout the Novell Filr documentation.
This section summarizes the changes made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr 1.0.
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Updated section to include information about how Filr roles map to NSS and NTFS file system rights, as well as information about Home folders and file attributes. |
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This section summarizes the changes made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr 1.0.
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Removed the requirement of increasing the boot partition (Hard Disk 1) to 100 GB during installation. |
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Provided more detailed instructions for how to set up remote NFS as the Filr data storage location on Linux. |
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Added support for VMware vMotion. |
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Added information about how to increase the amount of storage for the appliance’s boot partition (Hard Disk 1) when running Filr on VMware and Hyper-V. Increasing the amount of storage for the boot partition on Xen is not possible. |
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Added information about general certificate management. |
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Added a statement recommending the use of VMware tools on the VMware host server. |
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Added support for VMware ESXi 5.5.x with the latest update |
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Updated recommended storage requirements for the search index and database appliances to include a minimum storage of 10 GB for the search index appliance and 25 GB for the database appliance (in addition to the recommended disk space per file that was previously documented). |
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Added a section that describes how to set aside a Filr appliance to perform resource-intensive tasks, such as Net Folder synchronization and database re-indexing. |
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Added a reference to an instructional video that demonstrates the update process. The video is embedded in the HTML view of this document, and appears as a link in the PDF view. |
This section summarizes the changes made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr 1.0.
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Added information about how to manage the Filr desktop application on users’ workstations with client management software such as Novell ZENworks. |
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Added information about pixel height and width when creating a brand. |
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Updated section about how to update the Filr desktop application (to the Filr Desktop 1.0.2 or later) on the Filr server or on a separate web server. |
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Simplified process for making the Filr desktop application available from a separate web server. |
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Updated section to include iOS support with iOS 7.1. This section links to detailed information within the ZENworks Mobile Management documentation. |
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Added section about configuring ZMM to manage the Filr 1.0.3 mobile app. This section links to detailed information within the ZENworks Mobile Management documentation. |
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Added section explaining the considerations to make when configuring a synchronization schedule for a Net Folder or Net Folder Server. |
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Added a video explaining planning considerations for Net Folders. |
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Added section describing how to import the root LDAP certificate for Active Directory. |
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Added section describing how to configure Filr with MobileIron. |
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Added section describing the benefit of setting aside a separate Filr appliance to perform Net Folder synchronization. |
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Added information about how file system rights map to Filr rights in regard to sharing files and folders. |
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Added section explaining the amount of data that can be synchronized to a Net Folder in a given amount of time. |
This section summarizes the changes made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr.
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Renamed the VM download files and changed the download location and instructions associated with them. |
This section summarizes the changes made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr 1.0.
This section summarizes the changes made to the quick starts since the initial release of Novell Filr.
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Filr Desktop Application for Windows Quick Start and the Filr Desktop Application for Mac Quick Start |
You can now synchronize up to 10,000 files to your desktop when using the Filr 1.0.2 Desktop Application for Windows and Mac. This is 10 times more files than was supported with the previous 1.0.1 version, which supported only 1,000 files. |
Updated documentation for the Filr desktop 1.0.2 release. This release includes the following improvements:
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Filr Desktop Application for Windows Quick Start and the Filr Desktop Application for Mac Quick Start |
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This section summarizes the changes made to the quick start since the initial release of Novell Filr.
Updated documentation for the Filr mobile 1.0.3 release. This release includes the following improvements:
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ZMM support for managing the Filr Android app. |
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iOS 7 updates. |
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An embedded PDF viewer for the Filr Android app. |
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Updated app store availability for Android to include the Samsung Knox Apps store. |
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Added a Deployment Quick Start to direct Filr administrators’ attention to important procedures that are vital to setting up a functioning Filr system. |
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Added a guide that walks you through setting up a Novell Filr with test users and data on a Windows/Active Directory network, and allows you to briefly explore Filr administration and user functionality. |
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Added a quick start that contains abbreviated instructions for performing a brief evaluation of Novell Filr in a Microsoft Windows Active Directory environment. |
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