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The 4.0 4.1 release of FileFly features a new user interface, significant changes to plugins, improvements to AdminCenter, charts and reports, LinkConnect, NetApp, S3, security, and performance enhancements.

See the Administration Guide for thorough documentation on the new version.

Changes in 4.

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4.1

• Destination plugins are no longer installed separately.

• Destination plugin Config Tools and plugin .cfg files are no longer used.
  The Config Tools can be uninstalled completely – plugin selection and configuration is now performed via the Servers page in the Admin Portal.

• Some scheme/plugin names have changed in this release (see below)

Changes in AdminCenter

• Internet Explorer is no longer supported – Use a modern browser such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox

• Removed localhost-only option during install (all installations now use HTTPS)

• Added LDAP group selection during install

• New user interface, including:

  • Added mobile and tablet support

  • Added light and dark themes

  • New dashboard with charts

  • Upgraded Gather Statistics reports

  • Added Server Operations charts

• DrTool files are renamed to Recovery files

• Added Rule simulation feature to ease policy configuration

• Improved log file access and display

• Added more flexible task scheduling options

• Added savings calculator

• Added historical graphing of migrated vs non-migrated data

• Exportable granular file data (CSV and JSON formats)

• Added server activity view for enhanced operational transparency

• Logging improvements

• Extensive server configuration improvements

• Added support for secure email servers that use STARTTLS

Changes in Agent (General)

• Logging improvements

Security Improvements

• Updated OpenSSL libraries

• Updated TLS cipher suite list

• TLS connections no longer permit TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1

• Corrected a potential DLL hijacking vulnerability

Changes related to the Windows platform

• Added support for Windows Server 2019

• Added support for Storage Replica

• Significant performance improvements for demigration policies

• SMB gateway installation improvements

• Automated MSE process exclusion during installation

• Junctions are now followed during filesystem traversal

Changes related to LinkConnect

• Link-based migration support for Dell EMC Isilon and Windows NAS sources

Changes related to NetApp

• Fixed file modified time issue when importing stubs from Windows to NetApp using a Move Policy

Changes related to Azure

• Fixed 'allow unencrypted filenames' option. Previously, this option cannot be successfully enabled.

Changes related to S3

• New feature: data may now optionally be migrated to S3 destinations preserving original filename information

• Updated support for new AWS regions

Changes related to DataCore Swarm

• DataCore Swarm is now supported by new scheme names:

  • scspdirect:// scheme (swarm:// still works as an alias)

  • scsp:// scheme (cloudscaler:// still works as an alias)

• Improved handling of index-pending demigrates where the destination is no longer reachable

• Fixed email report GUI issue for non-English Windows locales

• Various GUI and error-handling improvements

• Revised minimum system requirements (now 12GB RAM, 10GB disk space for log files)

• File system browser improvements

• Improved logging for Post-Restore Revalidate operations: no longer logs excessive messages pertaining to files for which no secondary storage update was required

• Eliminated potential race condition when backing up Server configurations

Changes in Agent (General)

• Windows and SMB File traversal no longer traverses out of read-only volumes (e.g. a snapshot)

• Fixed CONCURRENT_MODIFICATION errors during policy operations on read-only files

• SECURITY: Updated openssl libraries

• Revised minimum system requirements (now 8GB RAM)

Security Improvements

• Support TLSv1.3 (TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3 are available for all components)

• Require TLS forward secrecy by default

Changes related to LinkConnect

• Fixed 'Incorrect Volume' errors during LinkConnect policies due to certain OneFS Domain Mark boundaries

• Fixed overwrite of read-only files

Changes related to NetApp

• Fixed Moonwalk FPolicy Server failure that caused an inability to access stubs or run policies (introduced in 4.4)

• ONTAP 9.6 is now the minimum supported version

• Transitioned to ONTAP REST API

• Added SACL handling options to GUI instead of manual overrides

Changes related to Azure

• Raised maximum object size limit (now ~190.7 TiB)

• Fixed GUI issue when listing containers of an empty storage account

Changes related to S3

• Improved compatibility with 3rd party S3 implementations

• Fixed missing sddl-infomask metadata field

• Updated support for new AWS regions

Upgrading from 3.x

FileFly Tools must always be upgraded first, followed by all FileFly Agent and FileFly FPolicy Server components. Any installed plugins are upgraded automatically during FileFly Agent upgrade. Upgrade all components to the same version unless otherwise specified.

1. Download the release bundle from the Downloads page and expand it on your FileFly Tools server.

2. Go to Settings > Scheduler > Suspend Scheduler.

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2. Run the DataCore FileFly Tools.exe installer.

3. If the license has changed (such as from FileFly 2.x), upload a new license file from Caringo / DataCore.

4. Upgrade all FileFly Agents and FileFly FPolicy Servers:

   • Automated (recommended) — From the Admin Portal 'Servers' tab, click Upgrade Servers. The automated process transfers installers to each server and performs the upgrades in parallel to minimize downtime. If a server fails or is offline during the upgrade, manually upgrade it later. Once the automated upgrade procedure is finalized, the 'Servers' tab updates to display the health of the upgraded servers.

   • Manual — Run the FileFly Agents and FileFly FPolicy Servers executables directly and follow the instructions. Check the Admin Portal 'Servers' tab for warnings.

5. Resolve any warnings if displayed.

6. Click Start Scheduler.