The 4.0 release of FileFly features a new user interface, significant changes to plugins, improvements to AdminCenter, charts and reports, security, and performance enhancements.
See the Administration Guide for thorough documentation on the new version.
Upgrade impacts
This upgrade is strongly recommended for all clusters.
You should NOT update any existing URIs to use the new URI schemes
Due to changes in the Global Licensing Service, once the Admin Portal is upgraded to version 4.0, it is NOT be possible to independently roll back to a previous version (e.g. in the case that agents cannot be automatically upgraded). If attempting to perform this, the message "Software version downgrade rejected - contact DataCore Support" is received from the Global Licensing Service.
Legacy statistics reports generated by prior versions are removed during this upgrade
Legacy logs and task history are moved to logs\AdminCenter_legacy during this upgrade
Changes in 4.0
Destination plugins are no longer installed separately.
Destination plugin Config Tools and plugin
.cfgfiles 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)
Discontinued Support
The following platforms are no longer supported:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
NetApp ONTAP 7.x
NetApp ONTAP 8.x (7-mode and Cluster-mode)
Changes in AdminCenter
Fixed email report GUI issue for non-English Windows locales
Various GUI and error-handling improvements
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 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)
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
Upgrading from 3.x
Must to Know
Do not attempt a FileFly upgrade until all running tasks have been completed. The FileFly scheduler (responsible for launching scheduled tasks) must also be disabled before performing an upgrade.
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.
Download the release bundle from the Downloads page and expand it on your FileFly Tools server.
Go to Settings > Scheduler > Suspend Scheduler.
Run the
DataCore FileFly Tools.exeinstaller.If the license has changed (such as from FileFly 2.x), upload a new license file from Caringo / DataCore.
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.
Resolve any warnings if displayed.
Click Start Scheduler.