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Current Restrictions

Note: This is a technology preview feature only. It is being made available to allow you to test and provide feedback on this new capability; however, this feature is not intended for production use and it is not supported as such. Furthermore, Micro Focus does not guarantee that this feature will be delivered at a GA level and if it is, then the functionality provided might differ considerably from this technology preview. If you want to test, and provide feedback on this feature, please contact Micro Focus SupportLine for instructions on how to enable the new functionality.

The following list contains the restrictions currently in place for iFileshare:

  • The Fileshare listener is restricted to the CCITCP protocol; it does not support CCISM.
  • The Fileshare listener name must be different to the name of the region in which it is specified.
  • To use iFileshare, advanced logging must be enabled, not basic Fileshare logging.
  • The database reference file (dbase.ref) is only available for the purposes of the advanced recovery logging.
  • You cannot use a Fileshare configuration file with iFileshare.
  • A server failure within a high availability group requires manual intervention, and a restart of the group, before it can be added back into the group.
  • FSVIEW functions support is currently limited to the following commands:
    • Server Get
    • Status Get
    • Users Get
    • Files Get
    • Trace Toggle
  • Tracing can only be enabled using the command line FSVIEW function (trace toggle).
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