2.6 What’s New (April 2011 Patches)

In addition to bug fixes, the following changes were made to Novell Remote Manager in the OES 2 SP3 April 2011 Scheduled Maintenance patch:

2.6.1 SSL Key Cipher Strength

You can set the cipher strength for the SSL Key in the /etc/opt/novell/httpstkd.conf file. For information, see Section A.9, SSL Key Cipher Strength Command.

2.6.2 Inventory Reports

  • On the Volume Information page, the Inventory option generates a report with statistics about the files stored on the selected volume.

  • In a file inventory for NSS volumes, the File Owner Profile reports the eDirectory identity of the file owner without requiring the users to be enabled with Linux User Management (LUM). For information, see Section 9.5, Generating Inventories for Directories or NCP Volumes.

2.6.3 Open Connections

On the Manage NCP Services > Connection Information page, the Open File Information list now links to the file and lock details for each file that is held open by connection number.

2.6.4 Salvage and Purge for NSS Volumes

The following capabilities were added for salvaging and purging deleted files for NSS volumes where the Salvage attribute is enabled:

  • The Salvageable File List option allows you to view a list of deleted files that are available for salvage or purge on the volume.

  • The Purge option allows you to purge a deleted file.

  • The Salvage option allows you to recover a deleted file.

  • The Purge all files allows you to purge all deleted files on a selected volume.

2.6.5 Share Information

On the Share Information page, the following capabilities were added:

  • The Inventory option generates a report with statistics about the files stored on a selected volume.

  • Additional details about the volume are displayed, such as size and namespace.

  • The Create Subdirectory option allows you to create subdirectories on an NSS volume.

  • The Delete Directory and Contents option allows you to recursively delete a selected folder and its contents.

  • The Rename Directory option allows you modify the name of a selected directory.

  • The Compression option shows whether the Compression attribute is enabled for the NSS volume.

2.6.6 View File System Listing

On the View File System Listing page for a volume, the following capabilities were added:

  • The Text Search option allows you to search the content of files for a specified text string.

  • The File Search option allows you to search for a file on the selected volume.

  • The Inventory option generates a report with statistics about the files stored on a selected volume.

  • The Upload option allows you to upload a file to the selected volume.