Novell Storage Manager for Active Directory introduces management and structure to an unmanaged and unstructured Windows network storage system. In the process, it automates the full life-cycle management of user and group storage. Leveraging directory services (commonly referred to as “the directory”), Novell Storage Manager automates a comprehensive set of storage management tasks based on events, identity, and policies that reside in the directory.

• SQL Server Database
  Novell Storage Manager for Active Directory now utilizes Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or 2014 as the product database. If you do not already have SQL Server, you can download the Express version of SQL Server for free. Novell Storage Manager 4.0 includes a utility for migrating the contents of the SQLite database to the SQL Server database. These contents include policies, schedules, pending events, and so forth.
• Data Copying
  This new feature allows you to copy specific data across the network without the need for a policy.
• Pre-copy during Enforce Policy Path
  Lets you move files in two stages—closed files first, then the open ones once they have been closed.
• Search Feature Enabled on New Pages in NSMAdmin
  Allows you to browse and filter through a tree structure of the file system to locate data.
• Re-drive Management Actions
  Allows you to select a subset of the results of a Management Action and perform other actions to that subset.
• Clear Managed Path Attribute
  This new Management Action allows for the desired policy type attribute to be cleared in Active Directory.
• System Center Configuration Manager Support
  Provides the means of installing NSM Agents remotely using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.

Novell Storage Manager 4.0 is also available in the Novell File Management Suite, which includes Novell File Reporter and Novell Dynamic File Services

The evaluation version of Novell Storage Manager for Active Directory is a full-featured version of the product, restricted to 30 days through an evaluation license. Once you download the product ISO and begin the installation, you can request an evaluation license. The timespan of the evaluation license begins the day that license is downloaded—rather than the day it is installed.