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+ | # Nasuni Access Anywhere for Windows | ||
+ | Last updated on March 5, 2024. | ||
+ | Download Nasuni Access Anywhere for Windows and the Packager from your [[https:// | ||
+ | Note that the Windows applications are not compatible with Windows running on ARM processors. | ||
- | ====== Windows Cloud Tools ====== | + | See also : |
- | Last updated on Dec. 11, 2018. | + | |
- | \\ \\ This manual is based on version 8.6.7 of the Windows App Suite.\\ \\ You can obtain the free version of the Windows Cloud DashBoard with Cloud File Manager from [[https://storagemadeeasy.com/clients_and_tools|here]]., and the paid version from [[https://storagemadeeasy.com/personal|here]]. If you have purchased the paid cloud tools you can find the latest version of the tools from "**//Cloud Apps"// | + | * [[cloudedit]] |
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+ | * [[packagers/windows]] | ||
+ | * [[windowstools/relnotes]] | ||
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+ | * [[windows/troubleshooting|Windows App Troubleshooting]] | ||
+ | * [[windows/ | ||
+ | * [[windows/windowscloudsync|Windows Desktop Sync]] | ||
+ | * [[packagers/windows|Windows Packager]] | ||
+ | * [[cloud/ | ||
- | ===== 1 Installing the Windows Cloud Tools ===== | ||
+ | ##1 Installing Nasuni Access Anywhere for Windows | ||
+ | The windows application suite can be installed on 32 bit or 64 bit Windows. They are certified against the most recent desktop version of Windows with its most recent service pack. The Apps include: | ||
- | {{:/ | + | 1. Control Panel |
+ | 2. Libre Office and Microsoft Office Cloud Toolbar plugins | ||
+ | 3. Cloud drive (assigned a drive letter) | ||
+ | 4. Cloud Dashboard Explorer | ||
+ | 6. Mail Backup | ||
+ | 7. Cloud Migration App | ||
+ | 8. Cloud Edit | ||
- | The Windows App Suite can be installed on 32 bit or 64 bit Windows and supports Windows 8 / 8.1 and Windows 10. The Apps include:\\ \\ 1. Control Panel\\ 2. Libre Office and Microsoft Office Cloud Toolbar plug-in' | + | The virtual drive installs new drivers and required a reboot. |
- | __Silent Install__ | + | <WRAP center round tip 100%> |
+ | The installer requires elevated administrator permissions to register DLL's and add registry entries. | ||
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- | For a large user rollout | + | ### Silent Install |
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+ | For rollouts to many users it is possible to do a silent install by specifying either the /SILENT or /VERYSILENT argument. This instructs Setup to be silent or very silent. | ||
When Setup is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is. When a setup is very silent this installation progress window is not displayed. | When Setup is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is. When a setup is very silent this installation progress window is not displayed. | ||
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If a restart is necessary and the '/ | If a restart is necessary and the '/ | ||
+ | The installer supports the / | ||
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+ | The / | ||
===== 2 Post Install ===== | ===== 2 Post Install ===== | ||
+ | After installation the latest version of the Apps reside in a Program group called ' | ||
+ | You can uninstall the tools from here or directly from the Windows Control Panel. | ||
- | {{:/ | + | ===== 3 Anti Virus ===== |
- | After installation the Storage Made Easy tools reside in a Program group called 'SME Cloud Tools' | + | You should be aware of potential |
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- | ===== 3 Norton Anti Virus ===== | + | |
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- | If you having any issues with false positive alerts from Norton Anti Virus (or any other AV Apps) you may need to exempt | + | |
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- | 1. On the main UI panel, under Computer click Settings. This will bring up the Settings dialog box. | + | |
- | 2. Under Scan Exclusions click Configure. This will display the Scan Exclusions dialog box. | + | |
- | 3. Under the lower-half of the screen under Auto-Protect Exclusions click the Add button. This will bring up a dialog | + | |
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- | Other virus or firewall blocking software can cause similar issues and you should check your help files to see how to exclude | + | |
===== 4 First Login ===== | ===== 4 First Login ===== | ||
+ | You can enter your username and password for login directly in the Nasuni Access Anywhere Control Panel. There are also options for secure access and whether to remember your login details. | ||
+ | Change the application endpoint to your Nasuni Access Anywhere Server. | ||
- | {{:/ | + | ===== 5 Desktop integration ===== |
- | You can enter your username and password for login directly in the Storage Made Easy Control Panel. There are also options for secure access and whether to remember your login details. | + | {{: |
+ | The desktop integration options are reasonably self explanatory. The context menu options enable integration with the Windows shell on right click on files when in the Cloud Drive (in the Windows stock file explorer). | ||
- | ===== 5 Desktop integration ===== | + | There is an additional shell option available for desktop files called ' |
+ | ===== 6 Which Virtual Drive ? ===== | ||
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- | {{:/ | + | There are actually 2 drive technologies that exist that can be used with Access Anywhere. Choosing which you want to use is going to be dependent on the needs of of your Organization. Lets look at the differences between the 2: |
- | You can switch to the tab called ' | + | **Installable Cloud Drive: |
+ | DrawBacks: It required a physical install so if you require a zero install client you should use the CloudDAV / WebDAV zero install drive. | ||
- | ===== 6 Which Virtual | + | **CloudDAV |
+ | Disadvantages: | ||
+ | Advantages: WebDAV is firewall friendly. Windows has built in support for WebDAV, and if Internet Information Server is being used (IIS) then file locking over SMB shares is honored by the drive. | ||
- | {{:/ | + | WebDAV client programs, especially Windows clients, often require tuning |
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- | There are actually 2 drive technologies that exist from Storage Made Easy. Choosing which you want to use is going to be dependent on the needs of of your Organization. Lets look at the differences between the 2:\\ \\ **Installable Cloud Drive:** You can assign this drive a drive letter and you can access it even via DOS at the command line. It also features a cloud cache that caches files locally and polls the cloud for updates. You can double click files to edit and save them back to the Cloud.\\ \\ DrawBacks: It required a physical install so if you require a zero install client you should use the CloudDav / WebDav zero install drive.\\ \\ **CloudDav Drive: ** CloudDav is actually a universal webdav layer that SME adds over all clouds mapped to an account to enable them to be accessed from WebDav. Windows supports using WebDav | + | |
===== 8 Network Cloud drive ===== | ===== 8 Network Cloud drive ===== | ||
+ | You can assign the Nasuni Access Anywhere network drive a drive letter and you can access it even via DOS at the command line. It also features a cloud cache that caches files locally and polls the cloud for updates. You can double click files to edit and save them back to the Cloud. | ||
+ | To enable the network drive: | ||
+ | 1. Right click on the drive in the Windows control Panel and choose settings. | ||
+ | 2. From the settings page login. | ||
- | {{:/ | + | Select your drive letter and choose to Mount the drive. |
- | You can assign the SME network drive a drive letter and you can access it even via DOS at the command line. It also features a cloud cache that caches files locally and polls the cloud for updates. You can double click files to edit and save them back to the Cloud.\\ \\ To enable | + | The Drive can be launched from a Desktop icon. The Desktop icon launches with the Setting' |
===== 9 Accessing the Cloud Drive ===== | ===== 9 Accessing the Cloud Drive ===== | ||
+ | The Cloud Drive is assigned an actual drive letter and can be used from DOS as well as the Windows File Explorer. Clicking on the Computer tab from the windows explorer gives gives access to the drive or you can just select whatever drive letter you assigned from the file tree. | ||
+ | Any MS Office / Libre Office files that are opened from the drive are auto-locked on open and unlocked on exit. | ||
- | {{:/ | + | Tip: Create a shortcut of the drive on your desktop |
- | The Cloud Drive is assigned an actual drive letter and can be used from DOS as well as the Windows File Explorer. Clicking on the Computer tab from the windows explorer gives gives access | + | <WRAP center round info 100%> |
+ | Note that empty files created in the Cloud Drive will not be uploaded to the Access Anywhere server and to the underlying storage system that contains | ||
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- | ===== 10 Cloud drive: options ===== | ||
+ | ===== 10 Cloud Drive: Options ===== | ||
+ | You can choose to monitor and manage the Cloud Drive from a small utility that sits in the windows taskbar. When a file is accessed from the Cloud Drive it sits in the cache on your PC. The next time you access the files it will be used from the cache. | ||
- | {{:/ | + | You can also set how often the file should stay in the cache before the next time it is opened from the cloud (ie. 3 minutes, 5 minutes etc) |
- | You can choose to monitor and manage the Cloud Drive from a small utility that sits in the windows taskbar. When a file is accessed from the Cloud Drive it sits in the cache on your PC. The next time you access the files it will be used from the cache.\\ \\ You can also set how often the file should stay in the cache before the next time it is opened from the cloud (ie. 3 minutes, 5 minutes etc)\\ \\ The Virtual Disk Activity can you show visually how files are being transferred /uploaded and their status. | + | The Virtual Disk Activity can you show visually how files are being transferred /uploaded and their status. |
- | ===== 11 Cloud drive: Right click options ===== | + | ===== 11 Cloud Drive: Right click options ===== |
+ | In windows file explorer users can 'right click' the network cloud drive and get access to 'Cloud File Actions' | ||
+ | - Set/Unset the file to be public | ||
+ | - Lock/Unlock the file | ||
+ | - Get a unique URL for a file | ||
+ | - Add a file comment | ||
+ | - View file comments | ||
+ | - Check the Cloud properties of the file | ||
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- | In windows file explorer you can right click the network cloud drive and get access to Cloud file actions. These are specifically: | + | ===== 12 WebDAV |
- | ===== 12 WebDav Cloud Drive ===== | + | {{:/ |
+ | The CloudDAV Drive can only be turned on if CloudDAV is enabled for your Account. You can check if it is from the CloudDAV tab within the Control Panel. | ||
+ | If it users can map CloudDAV to a virtual drive. CloudDAV is actually a universal WebDAV layer that we add over all clouds mapped to your account. Windows supports using WebDAV as a drive. We make this easy by just clicking the ' | ||
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- | The CloudDav Drive can only be turned on if CloudDav is enabled for your Account. You can check if it is from the CloudDav tab within the Storage Made Easy Control Panel.\\ \\ If it s you can map CloudDav to a virtual drive. CloudDav is actually a universal webdav layer that we add over all clouds mapped to your account. Windows supports using WebDav as a drive. We make this easy by just clicking the ' | + | ===== 13 WebDAV |
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===== 14 Updating /installing Libre Office add-in ===== | ===== 14 Updating /installing Libre Office add-in ===== | ||
- | + | You can install or change the version of the Libre Office add-in directly from the Control Panel-> | |
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- | You can install or change the version of the Libre Office add-in directly from the Storage Made Easy Control Panel-> | + | |
===== 15 Libre Office Cloud ToolBar ===== | ===== 15 Libre Office Cloud ToolBar ===== | ||
+ | You can choose to install the Libre Office Cloud toolbar. This installs two cloud toolbar icons in Libre Office which enables you to open files directly form a Cloud, such as Google Drive, and then save files edited files directly to a Cloud. | ||
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- | You can choose to install the Libre Office Cloud toolbar. This installs two cloud toolbar icons in Libre Office which enables you to open files directly form a Cloud, such as Google Drive, and then save files edited files directly to a Cloud.\\ \\ Files are automatically locked and unlocked on Open and Save. | + | |
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===== 18 The Cloud Dashboard ===== | ===== 18 The Cloud Dashboard ===== | ||
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You can also see properties for files in the Cloud Files view of the Dashboard by right clicking. This is a quick way to be able to invoke an action for a file. | You can also see properties for files in the Cloud Files view of the Dashboard by right clicking. This is a quick way to be able to invoke an action for a file. | ||
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- | ===== 23 Editing docs with Zoho from the deskop ===== | ||
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- | You can edit files directly from the Cloud Files Explorer by right clicking on a document or Excel file and choosing edit with Zoho. Clicking the save button in the top left of the Zoho toolbar saves the document back to Storage Made Easy.\\ \\ This can be useful if you are working on a PC that does not have MS Office installed. | ||
===== 24 Files Explorer: Obtaining a file URL link ===== | ===== 24 Files Explorer: Obtaining a file URL link ===== | ||
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- | Business Groups are one of the collaboration features of Storage Made Easy that works with Individual Accounts as well as with Organization Accounts.\\ \\ The basic premise is that users can create a Group and invite users to it. This is very easy to do as outlined further down this post. Any file content that group creators then share with the Group will be shared with all members of the group. Group members will receive an automated email message letting them know that a new file has been shared with them.\\ \\ Members can also receive Twitter messages when a file is shared with them if they have chosen to enter their Twitter details in their Storage Made Easy user preferences. \\ \\ Group Creators can also choose to allow other users to share files with the group, or decide whether to let group members be visible to each other (These last two options are only available when setting up groups).\\ \\ So what are groups useful for ? Well we polled some of our users to see what they were using them for and we found some interesting uses. One of our users is using Groups as a way to keep his sales partners updated with corporate product collateral and technical documentation. He has formed what he calls a âcontent sharing networkâ. Another of our users is in a band and after doing some live recording he tweaks the results in Garage Band and shares them with his bandmates.\\ \\ The key to business groups is that they let you share content with external parties, or let them share content with you and you can create and manage the either from the web, Windows Cloud Dashboard, or directly from your mobile client. | + | Business Groups are one of the collaboration features of hat works with Individual Accounts as well as with Organization Accounts.\\ \\ The basic premise is that users can create a Group and invite users to it. This is very easy to do as outlined further down this post. Any file content that group creators then share with the Group will be shared with all members of the group. Group members will receive an automated email message letting them know that a new file has been shared with them. |
+ | Members can also receive Twitter messages when a file is shared with them if they have chosen to enter their Twitter details in their user preferences. | ||
- | ===== 26 Files Explorer: Sharing a file over Twitter ===== | + | Group Creators can also choose to allow other users to share files with the group, or decide whether to let group members be visible to each other (These last two options are only available when setting up groups). |
+ | So what are groups useful for ? Well we polled some of our users to see what they were using them for and we found some interesting uses. One of our users is using Groups as a way to keep his sales partners updated with corporate product collateral and technical documentation. He has formed what he calls a content sharing network. Another of our users is in a band and after doing some live recording he tweaks the results in Garage Band and shares them with his bandmates. | ||
+ | The key to business groups is that they let you share content with external parties, or let them share content with you and you can create and manage the either from the web, Windows Cloud Dashboard, or directly from your mobile client. | ||
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- | You can share a file over Twitter from the Cloud DashBoard by either right clicking on a file in the Cloud Files view, and choosing to share via Twitter or selecting a file and using the sharing icon to choose the option to share with Twitter.\\ \\ This is optional and can be blocked in team accounts by the Admin but it can be useful, particularly if users of Twitter have their phone integrated with their Twitter account as it provides a cheap (free) way to use Twitter as an SMS carrier. | ||
- | ===== 27 Files Explorer: Managed file sharing over email ===== | + | ===== 26 Files Explorer: Managed file sharing over email ===== |
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- | ===== 28 Files Explorer: File Properties ===== | + | ===== 27 Files Explorer: File Properties ===== |
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- | Right clicking and choosing 'file properties' | + | Right clicking and choosing 'file properties' |
+ | Previous cloud file versions can also be accessed and managed here. | ||
- | ===== 29 Files Explorer: Cloud Files Search ===== | + | |
+ | ===== 28 Files Explorer: Cloud Files Search ===== | ||
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- | Hitting the Search button, or clicking search from the front of the cloud Dashboard enables you to search for files across all Clouds that you have mapped to your Storage Made Easy account. | + | Hitting the Search button, or clicking search from the front of the cloud Dashboard enables you to search for files across all Clouds that you have mapped to your account. |
- | ===== 30 Files Explorer: Managing your Clouds ===== | + | ===== 29 Files Explorer: Managing your Clouds ===== |
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- | You can manage your Clouds by clicking on the Cloud Management icon either form the Cloud Files toolbar or from the main page of the DashBoard. \\ \\ From here you can resync your cloud meta-data with the Storage Made Easy gateway. Why would you want to do this ? If you have uploaded files to your storage providers outside of our Gateway, you won't be able to see the files in the virtual cloud file system until you have refreshed the view in this way.\\ \\ From here you can also set your default cloud, storage provider which is the provider used when uploading to root folders such as My Syncs, My Documents etc.\\ \\ These folder are actually created and used within the default provider when you upload. So for example, if you upload a file to 'My Documents' | + | You can manage your Clouds by clicking on the Cloud Management icon either form the Cloud Files toolbar or from the main page of the DashBoard. |
+ | From here you can resync your cloud meta-data with the server. Why would you want to do this ? If you have uploaded files to your storage providers outside of our Gateway, you won't be able to see the files in the virtual cloud file system until you have refreshed the view in this way.\\ \\ From here you can also set your default cloud, storage provider which is the provider used when uploading to root folders such as My Syncs, My Documents etc.\\ \\ These folder are actually created and used within the default provider when you upload. So for example, if you upload a file to 'My Documents' | ||
- | ===== 31 Files Explorer: Managing Amazon S3 and Rackpace ===== | + | |
+ | ===== 30 Files Explorer: Managing Amazon S3 and Rackpace ===== | ||
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- | Amazon, RackSpace, OpenStack, and other Object Storage clouds have extra options which enable you to decide which buckets / containers are used within your Storage Made Easy view, and also enables you to created new buckets / containers. | + | Amazon, RackSpace, OpenStack, and other Object Storage clouds have extra options which enable you to decide which buckets / containers are used within your file manager |
- | ===== 32 Cloud DashBoard: Business Groups ===== | + | ===== 31 Cloud DashBoard: Business Groups ===== |
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- | ===== 33 Cloud DashBoard: Importing Contacts ===== | + | ===== 32 Cloud DashBoard: Importing Contacts ===== |
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- | ===== 34 Cloud DashBoard: Message Centre ===== | + | ===== 33 Cloud DashBoard: Message Centre ===== |
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- | You can send and receive message directly to your account using the built in messaging system. This of course makes more sense if you are part of a business Organization Cloud, but is still useful for Storage Made Easy administrators to contact you re any system or cloud issues. | + | You can send and receive message directly to your account using the built in messaging system. This of course makes more sense if you are part of a business Organization Cloud, but is still useful for administrators to contact you re any system or cloud issues. |
- | ===== 35 Cloud DashBoard: Email backup ===== | ||
+ | ===== 35 Sync Centre ===== | ||
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- | {{:/windowstools: | + | The Sync Centre is a sophisticated Desktop/Cloud synchronization tool. It enables users to keep multiple local folders in sync with multiple Cloud Storage endpoints. |
- | You can backup email to your nominated storage cloud (the default cloud provider is used as the destination storage | + | The Sync Centre can be launched from **//All Programs-> |
- | ===== 36 Sync Centre ===== | + | ===== 36 Sync Centre |
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- | The Sync Centre is a sophisticated Desktop/ | + | You can access the Sync Centre |
+ | If an issue is encountered with the sync centre one of the things support will ask for is the log files and there is an option in the Sync settings to turn logging on. | ||
- | ===== 37 Sync Centre Options ===== | ||
+ | ===== 37 Sync Centre Scheduling ===== | ||
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- | You can access the Sync Centre options from the Control Panel. The options enable you to:\\ \\ - Encrypt | + | {{:/windowstools: |
+ | Each Sync pair can be setup with a one of the pre-defined sync schedule options. If more fine grained control on the sync schedule is required then this can done by using the underlying Windows Task scheduler which is what the NAA sync centre is using to schedule its syncs. | ||
- | ===== 38 Sync Centre Scheduling ===== | + | To run the Task scheduler simply type " |
+ | ===== 38 Uninstalling the Windows Tools ===== | ||
+ | In the Program Files folder where the application is installed, there is a file " | ||
+ | The uninstaller program accepts optional command line parameters: | ||
- | {{:/windowstools: | + | **/SILENT**, **/ |
+ | When specified, the uninstaller will not ask the user for startup confirmation or display a message stating that uninstall is complete. Shared files that are no longer in use are deleted automatically without prompting. Any critical error messages will still be shown on the screen. When ' | ||
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+ | If a restart is necessary and the ' | ||
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+ | **/ | ||
+ | Instructs the uninstaller to suppress message boxes. Only has an effect when combined with ' | ||
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+ | **/LOG** | ||
+ | Causes Uninstall to create a log file in the user's TEMP directory detailing file uninstallation and [UninstallRun] actions taken during the uninstallation process. This can be a helpful debugging aid. | ||
- | Each Sync pair can be setup with a one of the pre-defined sync schedule options. If more fine grained control on the sync schedule is required then this can done by using the underlying Windows Task scheduler which is what the SME sync centre is using to schedule its syncs.\\ \\ To run the Task scheduler simply type " | + | The log file is created |
+ | The information contained in the log file is technical in nature and therefore not intended to be understandable by end users. Nor is it designed to be machine-parsable; | ||
+ | **/ | ||
+ | Same as **/LOG**, except it allows you to specify a fixed path/ | ||
+ | **/ | ||
+ | Instructs the uninstaller not to reboot even if it's necessary. |