9.5 Performing Post-Upgrade Tasks

After upgrading to Filr 1.1, you should perform the following tasks to ensure a fully functional Filr system:

9.5.1 Reconfiguring Net Folder Servers

After upgrading to Filr 1.1, you need to designate the server type (Windows, OES, or NetWare) and authentication type (NMAS, Kerberos, NTLM) for each Net Folder Server in your system. You then need to restart the FAMT service.

  1. Set the server type and authentication type for each Net Folder Server in the Filr system by reconfiguring the Net Folder Servers.

    For information about how to reconfigure a Net Folder Server, as well as more information about these new options, see Modifying Net Folder Connections in the Novell Filr 1.1 Administration Guide.

  2. Restart the FAMT service on the Filr appliance, as described in Changing System Services Configuration in the Novell Filr 1.1 Administration Guide.

9.5.2 Moving the Memcached Service to the Search Index Appliance

On a new Filr 1.1 large clustered installation (multiple Filr appliances), Memcached runs on the Lucene search index appliance. When upgrading to Filr 1.1, it is recommended that you move Memcached from the Filr appliance to the Lucene search index appliance, as described in Section E.0, Moving the Memcached Service to the Search Index Appliance.

Memcached is used only in large clustered deployments (when the Filr system includes multiple Filr appliances).

9.5.3 Rebuilding the Search Index

Because of changes made to the search index since the previous release, you should re-index your Filr site.

For information about how to re-index the Filr site, see Rebuilding the Lucene Index in the Novell Filr 1.1 Administration Guide.

9.5.4 Granting Users the Ability to Share via a File Link

New in Filr 1.1 is the ability for users to distribute a link (URL) to a file. When users distribute a link to a file, any user with the link can access the file. However, the file is not displayed in the Public area, so users must have direct access to the link in order to access the file. (For more information, see Added Ability to Share a File Link in the Novell Filr 1.1 Web Application User Guide.)

Users that existed in the Filr system prior to upgrading to Filr 1.1 do not have the ability to share via a File Link by default. Users that are added to the Filr system after upgrading to Filr 1.1 already have the ability to share via a File Link.

To enable existing users to share via a File Link after upgrading to Filr 1.1:

  1. Log in to the Filr site as the Filr administrator.

    For example, https://filr_hostname:8443

  2. Click the admin link in the upper-right corner of the page, then click the Administration Console icon .

  3. Under Management, click Users.

    The Manage Users page is displayed.

  4. Select the users in the system who you want to grant rights to share via a File Link, then click More > Workspace Share Rights.

    The Set User Workspace Sharing Rights dialog box is displayed.

    HINT:To set this for all users simultaneously, you can configure all users to be displayed on one page by changing the value of the Items per Folder Page option in the personal preferences to be greater than the number of users in your system (as described in Configuring the Number of Files to Display on a Folder Page in the Novell Filr 1.1 Web Application User Guide), then select the check box in the column header to select all users.

  5. Next to File Link, select Allow, then click OK.