2.8 What’s New or Changed in CIS (OES 2018 SP2)

CIS provides the following enhancements and changes in OES 2018 SP2:

CIS Client

Users can seamlessly access their files (on-premise or cloud) through the file explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac). In the background, the CIS client integrates with the explorer/finder to provide this functionality through the CIFS protocol.

  • Access to the files uploaded to the cloud (Windows and Mac workstations).

  • Displays the cloud overlay icon on the files uploaded to the cloud (Windows workstation).

For more information, see Section 8.0, Working with CIS Clients.

CIS Management UI Enhancements

The following options are added in the CIS management console:

  • Top Cold Data Users: Displays the five users with the top cold data on the Insights page. For more information, see Section 6.1.1, Insights.

  • Schedule File Scan: Allows you to schedule a scan on a specific time. You can choose the following scan type in the Agents setting page:

    • Full Scan: Performs the complete scan on OES volume.

    • Incremental Scan: Performs the differential scan from the previous full scan on the OES volumes.

    For more information, see Section 6.1.8, Agents.

  • Dry Run: Added the following policy run type options to estimate the total migrate or recall data before the actual run.

    • Free Space Calculation

    • Recall Space Estimation

    For more information, see Managing Cloud Tiers.