Micro Focus has released new Hot Patches for Filr 1.2 (Hot Patch 5) and Filr 2.0 (Hot Patch 1).
The patches are available now in the Micro Focus Patch Finder and provide a number of bug fixes including a new desktop client for Filr 1.2 and Filr 2.0.

Ask your Filr partner for support to perform the update, read the instructions on the download page carefully and follow the given steps for installation.

Feel free to contact us in case you need support with the application of the latest Filr Hot Patches.

 

Filr 1.2 – Hot Patch 5

Download the Hot Patch here and read the information about system requirements, notes and installation carefully:

“This patch should only be applied to a site that is currently on:
Novell Filr Appliance version: 1.2.0.846-HP.861
Novell Filr Search Appliance version: 1.2.0.991-HP.998

This patch requires that your Filr site is patched with Filr 1.2 – Security Update 2.
This patch is applicable to the Filr and Filr Search appliances.“

Change Log for Filr 1.2 - Hot Patch 5

TID 7017067 – Windows AD: Unable to add, modify or delete files due to incorrect NAME to SID translation

TID 7017185 – Filr Index server memory leak

TID 7017443 – LDAP sync disables or deletes users at large scale

TID 7017444 – LDAP sync never completes or runs for hours

TID 7017447 – LDAP sync or Re-indexing fail with LazyInitializationException could not initialize proxy

TID 7017449 – Memory leak in smbclient causes FAMT to become unresponsive

TID 7017453 – Desktop client IndexError: list index out of range

 

Filr 2.0 – Hot Patch 1

Download the Hot Patch here and read the information about system requirements, notes and installation carefully:

“This patch should only be applied to a site that is currently on:
Novell Filr Appliance version: 2.0.0.421-HP.422

This patch requires that your Filr site is patched with Filr 2.0 – Security Update 1.
This patch is NOT applicable to the Filr Search or Filr MySQL appliances in a Large Filr deployment.“

Change Log for Filr 1.2 - Hot Patch 5

TID 7017067 – Windows AD: Unable to add, modify or delete files due to incorrect NAME to SID translation

TID 7017443 – LDAP sync disables or deletes users at large scale

TID 7017444 – LDAP sync never completes or runs for hours

TID 7017445 – Re-index task takes extremely long when using MS-SQL

TID 7017446 – LDAP sync stops due to CommunicationException: Connection Reset

TID 7017448 – LDAP sync does not create new users and repeats same actions on every run

TID 7017449 – Memory leak in smbclient causes FAMT to become unresponsive

TID 7017452 – Mac Desktop client shows all folders empty

TID 7017454 – Desktop client does not display Filr context menu for right-click on My Files folders

TID 7017455 – My Files and Shared with me folders empty after Desktop 2.0 upgrade

TID 7017067 – Drag and Drop files into the Desktop client fails

TID 7017457 – Database files no longer open from the Filr Desktop storage area

TID 7017458 – Error occurred while processing a REST request – REST request GET /self/public_shares

 

We are looking forward helping you with the installation of the latest Hot Patches and keeping your Filr installation up to date. Please contact us.