"v1.0.6" -- Config-Save and Config-Restore


Release v1.0.6 is now available for use in ZerverModule(tm)
and ProZerver systems.


A new facility has been added in which the critical
configuration files held in flash memory are combined,
encrypted, and then saved within the file-system of a
Raid-Group.

Thus the detail work of defining shares and attributes, local
userid, access permission, and SmartMirror task details are
saved in a way that allows --

	Recovery if the flash memory should fail,

	Recovery if the flash memory and mainboard should fail,
	leaving the Raid-Group intact and usable,

	Recovery if the flash memory, mainboard, and Raid-Group
	are all lost, but the Raid-Group is backed-up by
	Zerver-Pair or SmartMirror operation to another Zerver,

	Recovery if all the hardware is just fine, but there has
	been inexpert choices by admin that should be undone.

Without this capabilitiy, full recovery from a disaster
might be seriously delayed by the time needed to re-configure
the replacement hardware.  With this capability, after the
Raid-Group is connected to the replacement hardware (or the time
has come for the backup hardware to be promoted to primary),
the admin selects the File containing the Config-Save backup
needed, and performs a restore and reboot.  The system will
boot-up with all of the userid, share-definitions, SmartMirror
tasks, and system config choices that had been in effect when
the Config-Save file was written.


December 26, 2007