What’s New in GuardianOS
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Snap Server Administrator Guide
What’s New in GuardianOS v4.4
GuardianOS 4.4 has the following new features and functionality
NTP Server
The Snap Server can now act as an NTP Server to provide
synchronization to other Snap Servers or NTP clients.
Expanded iSCSI capabilities
Additional support for MPIO has been added, as well as
support for Microsoft’s DSM module and Microsoft Cluster
Services.
Feature
New Functionality
Feature
New Functionality
Data Migration utility
Utility that allows you to migrate data from any server or
workstation supporting CIFS or NFS to a Snap Server.
Command Line Interface
Support for performing certain GuardianOS functions
using a command line shell rather than the GUI.
Enhanced Disaster Recovery
Support for recovering Snap EDR Management Console
settings if EDR was backed up as part of the Disaster
Recovery Image.
Enhanced iSCSI support
Increased support for iSCSI targets and support for spec-
compliant IQN names.
New OS and browser support
Support has been added for Windows Vista, Internet
Explorer 7, and FireFox 1.5 and 2.0.
USB tape drive support
Attach backup tape devices using USB 2.0 as well as
SCSI connections.
Improved share name
support
Share names can now be 27 characters long and can
include spaces.
USB Print Server capability
Multiple printers can be connected via USB ports to the
Snap Server, which can be configured to emulate a
Windows or IPP print server.
Ethernet Port disabling
Unused ethernet2 ports can now be disabled.
Windows Domain
Authentication for Mac users
AFP users can now authenticate as domain users. They
no longer require local user accounts to access a Snap
Server joined to a Windows NT or Active Directory
domain.
Mac OSX clients can connect
via SMB
Support for Mac OSX clients to connect to Microsoft
networking as well as AFP. Mac OS9 and earlier users
must still connect using AFP.
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