Novell Filr Documentation Updates

January 2015

This document allows you to quickly see the most recent changes throughout the Novell Filr documentation.

1.0 Filr Overview Guide

This section summarizes the changes that have been made to this guide since the initial release of Filr 1.1.

12 November 2014

Section

Change

Ports Used in Filr Deployments in the How Filr Works–Overview Guide

Added port 11211 for search appliances.

10 November 2014

Section

Change

Roles and Net Folders in the How Filr Works–Overview Guide

Corrected two missing links.

3 November 2014

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Change

Filr Synchronization in the How Filr Works–Overview Guide

Corrected technical inaccuracy in explanation of the relationship between Net Folder Synchronization and file content indexing.

23 October 2014

8 October 2014

Section

Change

Users and Groups with Filr in the How Filr Works–Overview Guide

Fleshed out the user and group information a bit more. Added a a new section about LDAP proxy users.

2.0 Filr Installation Guide

The following changes have been made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr 1.1.

January 2015

Chapter or Section Changed

Summary of Changes

Creating a Small Deployment in the Novell Filr 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide

Removed recommendation to create the VMware virtual appliance in Independent and Persistent mode.

December 2014

Chapter or Section Changed

Summary of Changes

Filr System Requirements in the Novell Filr 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide

Changed the format of the system requirements information for improved readability.

November 2014

Chapter or Section Changed

Summary of Changes

Configuring an Existing Database Server in the Novell Filr 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Made it more clear that you should allow the Filr configuration wizard to create and configure the Filr database when using an existing database server; you should not create the Filr database manually.

3.0 Filr Administration Guide

The following changes have been made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr 1.1.

January 2015

Chapter or Section Changed

Summary of Changes

Port Numbers in the Novell Filr 1.1 Administration Guide

Added the following ports:

  • 2049/tcp (NFS server access)

  • 123 (NTP server access)

  • 53 (DNS server access)

Also modified the description for port 8649/udp to reflect that it is used only when Ganglia is running in Unicast mode.

November 2014

Chapter or Section Changed

Summary of Changes

Port Numbers and Setting Up Filr in a DMZ in the Novell Filr 1.1 Administration Guide

Added ports Kerberos port (88) and OES DFS JetStream port (6901).

4.0 Filr Hands-on Guide for Windows

This section summarizes the changes made to the guide since the initial release of Novell Filr 1.1.

October 10, 2014

Section

Details

Various Administrator and User Tasks in the How Filr Works–Overview Guide

Minor clarifications and additional details.

5.0 Filr User Guide

This section summarizes the changes that have been made to this guide since the initial release of Filr 1.1.

January 2015

Section

Change

Sharing Files and Folders in the Novell Filr 1.1 Web Application User Guide

Included video that illustrates how sharing works in Filr.