iFileshare Restrictions

The following list contains the restrictions in place for iFileshare:

  • To use iFileshare, advanced logging must be enabled; you cannot use 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 server configuration file (FS.cfg) with iFileshare.
  • A high availability group must not contain a mixture of 32-bit and 64-bit servers; they must all be the same bitism.
  • FSVIEW functions support is limited to the following commands:
    • Server Get
    • Status Get
    • Users Get
    • Files Get
    • Trace Toggle
    • File Get-Users
    • File Get-Locks
    • User Get-Files
  • Tracing can only be enabled using the command line FSVIEW function or through iFSVIEW (trace toggle).