Specifications
What’s New in GuardianOS
Chapter 1 Administrative Overview 7
What’s New in GuardianOS v5.1
GuardianOS 5.1 has the following new features and functionality:
User Interface Enhancements The User Interface now comes in three color schemes:
green slate, azure sea, and golden desert.
Windows 2008 Domain
Support
Windows domains hosted by Windows 2008 servers are
now supported.
Support for 128-bit SMB
Encryption
GuardianOS now supports 128-bit encrypted
communcation with SMB clients and servers.
File Security Viewing When logged in as an administrator, files and folders in
Web View now display a security icon (key) that, when
clicked, shows security information about the file/folder.
Root Filesystem Check The WebUI now provides the ability to check the root
filesystem for errors and repair if found.
Feature New Functionality
Feature New Functionality
Web root capability The SnapServer can now serve a default web root share
and web page when users connect to the server via a web
browser.
Automatic software update
notification
The WebUI displays an alert whenever software updates
for GuardianOS or Snap EDR are available. In addition,
SSM displays an alert when GuardianOS updates are
available for any discovered servers, and lists the
available updates per server.
NFSv4 RPCSEC GSS
(Kerberos) support
Unix Kerberos-based security has been added to NFSv4.
FTPS support FTP over SSL/TLS is available.
NetVault v8 support Support has been added for NetVault v8.2.
Filesystem Check The WebUI now provides the ability to check filesystems
for errors and repair those errors, if stipulated.
Server Cloning (via Disaster
Recovery)
The configuration of one server can now be applied to a
different server using the Disaster Recovery backup and
restore system.
Multi-server Administration
with SnapServer Manager
SnapServer Manager can now manage administrative
tasks on multiple SnapServers at the same time.