This section contains new features that are available across all Hummingbird Connectivity products, as well as information for components that are common to multiple Hummingbird Connectivity products.
Depending on the product you purchased, you may also need to refer to the notes on the common applications/features.
Application/Feature |
Reference |
|---|---|
Installation and Migration |
Applies to all products. |
Connectivity Security |
Applies to all products. |
Hummingbird FTP |
Available with installations of Exceed, Exceed PowerSuite, HostExplorer, Connectivity SecureTerm, and NFS Maestro Client. |
Hummingbird Directory Services |
Available with installations of all NFS Maestro products, Exceed, and Exceed PowerSuite. |
NFS Maestro Name Mapping Server |
Available with installations of all NFS Maestro products and Exceed PowerSuite. |
For lists of product-specific new features, refer to the sections dedicated to the products you have installed.
The following products are now available in 64-bit versions:
Elevated Privileges in Microsoft Windows Vista
To fully access Hummingbird Connectivity products, some applications require elevated privileges on Windows Vista. Some applications may contain a Restart As Administrator button to indicate that the application must be restarted with elevated privileges to allow full use of the product. Other applications may have a shield icon associated with portions of the application that require elevated privileges in order to be used. Applications intended for administrator use only prompt you for elevated use at startup.
Hummingbird Port Mapper Server on NFS Maestro Server
You can now specify whether you want to install the Hummingbird Port Mapper Server component with NFS Maestro Server by selecting or clearing it from the feature tree during installation. By default, the component is selected for installation; however, you can choose not to install it if you do not require it. In previous product versions, Hummingbird Port Mapper Server automatically installed with NFS Maestro Server.
Installing Hummingbird Directory Services for Exceed
By default, Hummingbird Directory Services does not install with Exceed. To install this component, you must select it from the feature tree during installation.
Hummingbird Directory Services Properties Through the Control Panel
By default, the Hummingbird Directory Services Properties dialog box is no longer accessible through the Windows Control Panel.
InetD Installation with NFS Maestro Server Enterprise Edition
InetD is no longer included with NFS Maestro Server Enterprise Edition.
Exceed onDemand Client is no longer available for installation on the product CD with Exceed or Exceed PowerSuite.
TraceRoute, LPQ, and LPR are now IPv6 compliant.
Connectivity SSL-LIPKEY is now two components: SSL and Cryptography, and LIPKEY Cryptography.
Both SSL and Secure Shell encryption, and certificate and key management, are now provided by the Hummingbird Cryptographic Module. This module is available in two versions:
During setup, you can select one or both of these modules for installation. If both modules are installed, you can select the preferred cryptography method in the application interface.
For more information about FIPS 140-2 and the Hummingbird Cryptographic Module FIPS certification effort, visit the following web site:
Hummingbird Cryptographic Module
SSL features are now included with Exceed, Exceed PowerSuite, HostExplorer, NFS Maestro Client, Connectivity Secure Shell, and Connectivity SecureTerm.
Connectivity Kerberos is now included with Exceed, Exceed PowerSuite, HostExplorer, and NFS Maestro Client.
Connectivity Kerberos has been updated with MIT KFW 3.1 (Kerberos for Windows), which includes Network Identity Manager as the credentials management application. The previous KFW leash client is also included on the product CD and must be launched manually.
LIPKEY Cryptography is now included with NFS Maestro Client/Solo, NFS Maestro Server Enterprise Edition, and Exceed PowerSuite.
By default, unsecure connections established using Hummingbird Connectivity products trigger a warning message.
The security types offered for selection for FTP site profiles are limited to the types of security you have installed. For example, if you have Connectivity Secure Shell installed, the Secure Shell option appears in the Security Type drop-down list in the FTP Site Properties dialog box and the FTP Connect dialog box in Quick Script Editor.
If you attempt to establish an unsecured FTP connection, a warning message is displayed. To enable or disable the global behavior of this feature, select or clear the Disable Secure Connection Warning option on the FTP General page of Hummingbird Neighborhood Options.
Custom Object Class and Object Attribute Mappings for LDAP Schemas
You can now specify custom object class attribute names for LDAP schemas by typing directly in the attribute boxes on the Schema page of the LDAP Properties dialog box in Hummingbird Directory Services. You can also specify custom attribute names for all objects as well as container locations in your schema using the new LDAP Attributes dialog box and Object Locations page of the LDAP Filters dialog box in Hummingbird Directory Services.
In previous product versions, names and locations were specified using the LDAP Advanced Schema dialog box and could be specified only by selecting from a pre-defined list.
Filtering LDAP Server Query Results
With the new LDAP Filters dialog box, Hummingbird Directory Services now lets you filter results sets for LDAP server queries made by Hummingbird Connectivity applications. This feature improves the speed and ease of querying large numbers of objects.
This section contains known issues that Hummingbird Connectivity is aware of at the time of release. These issues apply to all Hummingbird Connectivity products unless otherwise indicated.
For lists of product-specific known issues, refer to sections dedicated to the products you have installed.
16-Bit Applications in Windows Vista
16-bit applications are not installed on Windows Vista.
Restart System After Installation
After installation, it is recommended that you restart your system when prompted because the system path is extended to include the Hummingbird Connectivity program files folder. System services such as Microsoft clustering will not recognize the updated path until the system is restarted.
For example, after installing NFS Maestro Server, the Microsoft cluster service cannot load the necessary NFS Maestro Server components until the system restarts because the Environment block is not updated until the restart. Simply restarting the cluster service does not achieve this.
Uninstalling Hummingbird Connectivity Products
After all Hummingbird Connectivity products have been successfully uninstalled from your machine and your machine has been properly restarted, you can remove the empty product folders from your machine. The default path for the folders is:
Co-Existence Between Version 9 and Current NFS Maestro Version
The following applies to machines installed with NFS Maestro Server and any other NFS Maestro product, as well as machines installed with any NFS Maestro product and Exceed: when installing the current version product on a system that already has version 9.x of another product, ensure that the latest patches have been applied to the 9.x product.
Contact Hummingbird Connectivity Customer Support to retrieve the latest available version patches.
Enabling GLX in Exceed-to-Exceed PowerSuite Migration
You must manually enable the GLX extension for the first user of the machine that is upgraded to Exceed PowerSuite from Exceed.
Kerberos and Hummingbird Connectivity Products
Due to issues with MIT KFW 3.1 (Kerberos for Windows), Hummingbird Connectivity products will function properly only with Hummingbird Connectivity Kerberos.
Obtaining Kerberos 4 Tickets with Minimal Rights
Users who do not have rights to alter local settings cannot obtain Kerberos 4 tickets if the times on the local machine and the time server are not synchronized. Normally, when Connectivity Kerberos detects that the times are not synchronized, it attempts to adjust the time on the local machine. If a user does not have rights to do this, Connectivity Kerberos cannot synchronize the time.
For information on issues related to MIT KFW 3.1, please refer to the Kerberos for Windows 3.1 Release Notes available at the following web site:
SSL-Enabled FTP Clients on Windows Vista
The firewall service on Windows Vista running SSL-enabled FTP clients may block some network packets, which can result in dropped connections.
Hummingbird FTP File Synchronization
When a synchronization item that involves uploading a file from a PC to a host is executed, the modification date on the local file changes to reflect the modification date of the uploaded file on the host. This behavior prevents the occurrence of cyclical updates as a result of the remote file having a newer modification date immediately after the upload.
New Profile Spaces or Language Settings
After creating a new Profile Space or switching languages, you need to log off and on again, or reboot, to allow Windows Explorer to reload the new Profile Space or selected language files.
Hummingbird Neighborhood Profile Shortcuts
Profile shortcuts created in Hummingbird Neighborhood do not function for 32-bit products running on 64-bit operating systems.
Windows User and Group Names Always Retrieved from Windows Domain
Windows user and group information for name mapping is always retrieved from a Windows domain regardless of the option selected in the Windows User And Group area of the Name Mapping page of the Hummingbird Directory Services Properties dialog box.
Proxy Credentials Required when Configuring ADAM for Name Mapping
When configuring a machine running Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) as an LDAP name mapping server, you must do the following on the Security page of the LDAP Name Mapping Server Properties dialog box for Hummingbird Directory Services in order to properly configure your name mapping server:
For Windows 2000 platforms, the user account with which your name mapping server is being configured must also possess the Act As Part Of The Operating System (SE_TCB_NAME) privilege as found in the Local Security Policy for your machine, which is accessible from Administrative Tools in the Control Panel.
The previous steps are required because ADAM authenticates valid Windows credentials and not machine-based credentials.
Valid Domain Administrator Account Required for Name Mapping Server within a Domain Environment
You must specify a valid domain administrator account with which to log on for the Hummingbird Name Mapping Server Service for your local machine and remote name mapping server if the following conditions are true:
You can specify logon credentials using the Log On page of the Properties dialog box for the Hummingbird Name Mapping Server Service.