Summary of New Features

AFS 3.6 includes the following new features.

• Support for the 64-bit version of Solaris 7.

• Support for the 64-bit version of HP-UX 11.0.

• The HP-UX 11.0 File Server uses the POSIX-compliant threading package provided with HP-UX. (Other supported operating systems started using native threads in AFS 3.5.) See the section entitled Product Notes for HP-UX Systems for more information.

• There is a single edition of OpenAFS, instead of separate United States and international editions as in previous releases. The United States government now permits export outside North America of the encryption software that the Update Server uses to protect user-level data. With OpenAFS, cells outside North America can run a system control machine to distribute the contents of the /usr/afs/etc directory among server machines. The OpenAFS distribution includes a single source bundle for each system type, which contains the source for all AFS software. Because they were produced before the change in export restrictions, the OpenAFS Administration Guide and OpenAFS Administration Reference still distinguish between United States and international editions of AFS. However, AFS customers in any country can ignore the distinction and use the United States instructions if they choose.

• Support for volumes up to 8 GB in size. In previous versions of AFS, the limit was 2 GB. Note that smaller volumes are still more practical than large ones in general. The larger a volume, the longer it takes to move or clone it, which introduces greater potential for an outage to halt the operation before it completes.

• Support for backing up AFS data to the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), formerly called the ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager (ADSM). TSM implements the Open Group's Backup Service application programming interface (API), also called XBSA. Support for additional XBSA-compliant programs in future releases of AFS is possible. See the section entitled Support for Backup to TSM.

• A new command and new options to existing commands. See the section entitled Changes to AFS Commands, Files, and Functionality.