Nasuni Mobile Access User Guide

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1 Using Nasuni Mobile Access, you can access data stored in the Nasuni Filer using mobile devices, including ios-based devices (such as iphone and ipad) and Android phones. You can perform tasks such as the following: Viewing documents and images, and playing audio and video on your mobile device. Opening documents, images, and video to use with apps on your mobile device. Uploading documents, images, and video to your folders on the Nasuni Filer. Downloading documents, images, and video from your folders on the Nasuni Filer. View file information such as file name, file size, and date and time of last modification. ing links to files. Sharing files as attachments. Viewing and accessing previous versions of files. Identifying favorite files for easier access. This document outlines how to use Nasuni Mobile Access. If you need help, contact your system administrator. Contents: Downloading the Nasuni Mobile Access app on page 1 Logging In on page 2 Using Mobile Access on page 4 Mobile Access Quick Reference Sheet on page 17 All documentation is available at Downloading the Nasuni Mobile Access app You must download and install the appropriate Nasuni Mobile Access app for your mobile device. The Nasuni Mobile Access application is freely available from the app store appropriate for your mobile device: For Android: For ios: Last modified: November 9, /

2 Logging In If the administrator has configured the company DNS server to simplify user login to your Nasuni Filers, the login screen looks like this. Figure 1-1: Initial Login screen. You must enter your company address and password. If available, the host and port are retrieved from DNS. If multiple sites are defined, you can select a site from a list: Figure 1-2: Initial Login screen when DNS configured for multiple sites. If the administrator has not configured the company DNS server to simplify user login to your Nasuni Filers, but you have used the administrator-created link containing the host and port, the login screen looks like this. Figure 1-3: Login screen when using link. You must enter Active Directory credentials, which might include the domain, and username and password. The host and port are provided. 2

3 If the administrator has not configured the company DNS server to simplify user login to your Nasuni Filers, and you have not employed the administrator-created link containing the host and port, the Advanced checkbox appears. Select the Advanced check box, and the login screen looks like this. Figure 1-4: Login screen when entering host, port, and credentials. You then log in to the Nasuni Mobile Access application using your Active Directory credentials. Credentials include the domain, username, and password. The domain is optional, depending upon how Active Directory is configured. 3

4 Using Mobile Access This section presents some of the actions that you can perform using mobile devices. Some of the actions available depend on which mobile platform you are using. Tip: The figures show images from an Android tablet. The screens might appear different on other mobile platforms. After you log in to the Nasuni Mobile Access application, a list of the CIFS shares available on this Nasuni Filer appears. Figure 1-5: Shares available on mobile device. 4

5 Folder-Level Tasks Opening a CIFS share or folder To open a CIFS share or folder, tap the name of that CIFS share or folder. The contents appear as a list. Figure 1-6: List of folders. To sort the display, tap the Sort icon at the top right. From the drop-down list, select one of the following: Name: To sort the list by name of the item. Modified Time: To sort the list by the time the item was last modified. Type: To sort the list by type of item. Tip: For ios, the same sort options appear at the top of the list of folders and files. 5

6 Navigating folder hierarchy To navigate to a higher point in the folder hierarchy, tap the upward-facing arrow button at the top left. Tip: For ios, tap the leftward-facing arrow button at the top left. Manually entering paths To manually enter a path to a file or folder, tap the three-dot icon in the upper right corner. A drop-down menu appears. Figure 1-7: Drop-down menu. Tap Go to. The Go to Path dialog box appears. Enter the path, then tap Browse. The specified path opens. File Operations Viewing details about a file To view information about a file, tap the drop-down icon pane appears. beside its name. The drop-down menu Figure 1-8: Drop-down menu pane. 6

7 Tap Details. A page appears showing information including the name, size, and date modified. Figure 1-9: File information. Note: Nasuni s display of size might differ from other indications of size, such as Windows Explorer and other utilities. Typically, such utilities display only the size of the data currently present in the local cache, while Nasuni displays the full size, regardless of where the data is. Note: For ios, if a file is in the cache, a symbol appears next to the file name. Figure 1-10: Symbol indicating file in cache. Buttons are available to perform the following operations: View File, if the mobile device can handle the file format. Otherwise, Download the file. See Opening a file on page 8. Versions: view any available previous versions of the file. See Viewing and restoring previous versions of a file on page 9. 7

8 Share: Sharing the file as either an attachment or a link. See Sharing a file as an attachment on page 12 and Sharing a file as a link on page 13. Tip: For ios, tap the share icon at the top right. Favorite: To tag a file as a favorite. See Tagging a file or folder as favorite on page 14. Tip: For ios, tap the star icon above the file name. Open with: To select an app to open a file with. See Opening a file with a specific app on page 10. Tip: For ios, tap the share icon at the top right. Opening a file To open a file, tap the file name. If the file is of a format that the mobile device can handle (such as graphics, text, or PDF), a preview of the file opens. (On some mobile platforms, a new display opens on which you can choose an action.) Figure 1-11: Open file preview. To see a full-screen version of the file, tap the arrow at the upper left of the preview pane. Figure 1-12: Open PDF file. You can perform additional actions by tapping the three-dot icon in the upper right corner. For some file formats, such as videos, this icon might not be available. If the file is an image file, such as a.jpg or.png file, among other image files, you can move from one image to the next in a folder by swiping left or swiping right. 8

9 Viewing and restoring previous versions of a file To view any available previous versions of the file, tap the drop-down icon beside its name, then tap Versions. If any previous versions of the file are available, they appear in a list. Figure 1-13: Versions of file. The different versions include the file name, file size, and file date and time. Note: Nasuni s display of size might differ from other indications of size, such as Windows Explorer and other utilities. Typically, such utilities display only the size of the data currently present in the local cache, while Nasuni displays the full size, regardless of where the data is. To view one of the previous versions, tap the file name. To view a menu of other available actions for a previous version, tap the drop-down icon name. beside its To view details of a previous version, tap Details. Figure 1-14: Available actions for versions of file. To open a previous version with a specific app, tap Open with and select the app from the list. The file opens in the selected app. To replace the current version of the file with the selected previous version, tap Restore. To verify that you want to restore the selected previous version as the current version, tap Restore. The selected previous version of the file becomes the current version. 9

10 File Access Opening a file with a specific app To select an app to open a file with, tap the drop-down icon A list of apps appears that can open the file on the device. beside its name, then tap Open with. Figure 1-15: Apps that can open file on device. Tip: For ios, tap the share icon at the top right. Select an app from the list. To always open similar files with the selected app, click Always. Otherwise, click Just once. The file opens in the selected app. Accessing files directly from apps On Android platforms, apps can directly open files on the Nasuni Filer. You must first log in to the Nasuni Mobile Access application. To open a file on the Nasuni Filer from within the app, perform the usual File Open procedure for that app. Select Browse. A list of file sources appears. Figure 1-16: Sources for files on device. Select Nasuni from the list. The Nasuni app displays available files on the Nasuni Filer. Navigate to the file you want. When done with the file in the app, perform the usual File Save procedure. The file is saved to the Nasuni Filer. On both ios and Android platforms, apps can directly save files on the Nasuni Filer. You must first log in to the Nasuni Mobile Access application. 10

11 To create a new file on the Nasuni Filer within the app, perform the usual New File procedure for that app. When done with the file in the app, perform the usual File Save As procedure. Select Browse or Share. A list of available destinations, including the Nasuni Filer, appears. Figure 1-17: Destinations for file on device. Select Nasuni from the list. The Nasuni app displays the Nasuni Filer. Navigate to the folder where you want to save the new file. The file is saved to the Nasuni Filer. Uploading a file Tip: Before adding data to a Nasuni Filer, it is a Best Practice to clean up historical and orphaned SIDs. This can help prevent later difficulties with permissions. For more details, see CIFS Permissions Best Practices. To upload a file to a folder on the Nasuni Filer, navigate to the destination folder, then tap the Upload icon at the bottom of the display. Figure 1-18: Upload icon. Tip: For ios, tap the three-dot icon at the top right, then tap Upload File. A menu appears with several choices of the kind of item to upload. Figure 1-19: Upload list. Select the type of item from the list. A list appears of folders and available files for that type of item on the device. Navigate to the file to upload, then select it. Tap OK. Note: For ios, when uploading multiple files, the limit is

12 Sharing a file as an attachment To share the file as an attachment, such as an attachment to an , tap the drop-down icon beside its name. The drop-down pane appears showing available actions, including Share, Favorite, Details, Versions, Open with, and Delete. Figure 1-20: Drop-down pane. Tap Share, then tap Attachment. Tip: For ios, tap the share icon at the top right. Then tap File or Link. A window appears with a list of available apps that can share this file as an attachment. Figure 1-21: Apps that can share file as attachment. Select the app from the list, then follow instructions for that app. 12

13 Sharing a file as a link To share a link to the file, tap the drop-down icon Internal Link. beside its name, then tap Share, then tap Tip: For ios, tap the share icon at the top right. Then tap Link or Copy Link. A window appears with a list of available apps that can share a link to this file. Select the app from the list, then follow instructions for that app. Tip: Users should use a Web browser to open shared links. To Edit or Update a link, tap the link, then tap Edit or Update. Figure 1-22: Update shared link. You can change the expiration date, the password, and other features of the link. To retain the same link with the new features, tap Update. To create a new link with the new features, and make the existing link invalid, tap Regenerate. Figure 1-23: Regenerate shared link. 13

14 To remove a link on Android platforms, tap Remove. Figure 1-24: Remove shared link. To remove a link on ios platforms, turn off Share via a public link, then tap Delete. Folder-Level Operations Creating a folder To create a folder, navigate to the folder in which to create the new folder. In the upper right corner, tap the three-dot icon, then tap New Folder. The Enter a directory name dialog box appears. Figure 1-25: Enter a directory name dialog box. Enter a name for the new folder, then tap OK. A new folder is created. Tagging a file or folder as favorite To tag a file or folder as a favorite, tap the drop-down icon beside its name, then tap the star icon. Favorite files and folders remain on the device for off-line access. Tip: For ios, tap the star icon above the file name. Note: The files and folders within a favorite folder are not automatically also Favorites. You must tag each item as a favorite separately. Viewing favorite files or folders Favorite files remain on the device for off-line access. To view favorite files or folders, tap the menu icon in the upper left, then select Favorites. Tip: For ios, tap the star icon at the bottom of the display. A list of favorite files and folders appears. Favorite files remain on the device for off-line access. Figure 1-26: Favorites list. 14

15 Note: The files and folders within a favorite folder are not automatically also Favorites. You must tag each item as a favorite separately. Searching for file names To search for file names in a folder, navigate to the folder, then tap in the Search area at the top of the screen. Figure 1-27: Search area. Enter text in the Search area. Any files in the folder that contain the text appear in a list with the search text highlighted. Figure 1-28: Search list. Tip: The search does not include any subfolders of the selected folder. Deleting a file or empty folder To delete a file or an empty folder, tap the drop-down icon beside its name, then tap Delete. Tip: For ios, tap the three-dot icon at the top right, then tap Delete. Select files or folders to delete. A message appears, verifying that you want to delete the file. Tap Delete. 15

16 Administrative Operations Settings To access the app settings, tap the menu icon at the top left (for ios, bottom right), then select Settings. The Settings page appears. Figure 1-29: Settings page. On the Settings page, you can view the User name, Host name, and Company Name for the currently logged in user. You can also view the Favorites size and App version. You can also view information About Nasuni Mobile. To specify that you stay logged in even when the Nasuni Mobile Access application is not running, select Stay Logged In. If you have selected Stay Logged In : To use a passcode instead of the full credentials when logging in, select Use Security Passcode. Enter the passcode, then verify the passcode. You can then use this passcode when logging in. To specify that you be warned before attempting to download data when not on a Wi-Fi connection, select Warn before downloading when not on a Wi-Fi connection. To send feedback to Nasuni, tap Send Feedback, then use the appropriate app to send a message. Logging out To log out from the Nasuni Mobile Access application, tap the three-dot icon at the top right of the display, then tap Log Out. A dialog appears warning you that logging out removes all saved data from the device. To continue anyway, tap Remove Data. Otherwise, tap Cancel. 16

17 Mobile Access Quick Reference Sheet Print this page and keep for future use. Task Open a share or folder. Action Copyright Nasuni Corporation. All rights reserved. Tap the name of that share or folder. The contents appears as a list. Sort the display. Tap the filter icon at the top right, then tap Name, Modified Time, or Type. Navigate up in the folder hierarchy. Tap the up arrow at the top left. Enter path manually. View information about a folder or file. Tag a file or folder as a favorite. Download a file. View or restore other versions of a file or folder. Open a file. the file or a link to the file. Open the file in other applications on the mobile device. Delete a file or an empty folder. Upload a file to a folder. View favorite files or folders. Stay logged in even when the Nasuni Application is not running. Use a passcode instead of the full credentials when logging in. Get warned before downloading data when not on a Wi-Fi connection. Logout from the Nasuni App. Tap the three-dot icon at top right, then tap Browse. Enter path, then tap Browse. Tap the drop-down-arrow, then tap Details. A page appears showing information. Tap the drop-down-arrow, then tap the star icon. Favorite files and folders remain on the device for off-line access. Tap the drop-down-arrow, then tap Download. Tap the drop-down-arrow, then tap Versions. If other versions are available, they appear in a list. To restore a previous version, tap Restore. Tap the file name. If the device can handle the format, the file opens. Tap the drop-down-arrow, then tap Share. Select Attachment or Link. Tap the drop-down-arrow, then tap Open with. If the device does not recognize format, you can download. Tap the drop-down-arrow, then tap Delete. Navigate to the destination folder. Tap Upload icon near the bottom of the display. Navigate to the file. Tap OK. Tap menu icon at top left, then tap Favorites. A list of favorite files and folders appears. Favorite files remain on the device for off-line access. Tap menu icon at top left, then tap Settings. Select Stay logged in. Tap menu icon at top left, then tap Settings. Select Use Passcode. Tap menu icon at top left, then tap Settings. Select Warn before downloading when not on a Wi-Fi connection. Tap the three-dot icon at top right, then tap Logout. 17