Beta Track
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From time to time, we have new features that we'd like your feedback on before making them available to everyone. This Beta Track is available to all users with a license that support Canister for Windows and is eligible for updates.
This is an exciting opportunity to test drive three exciting features due to land in Canister for Windows later this year.
Queuing Queuing makes it quick and easy to stack multiple transfers of the same type. In this build, Canister simply works its way through the list of queued items until completion.
Spanning Whenever a transfer is too large, Canister will simply ask for another tape whenever it needs one. Spanning is built to understand your Transfer Queue, which means it intelligently spans whenever it needs to.
Independent Transfers
This is a big one for users with multiple LTO drives. Canister now allows each tape device to be used independently of one another. That means Drive A
can be Archiving, whilst Drive B
handles a Retrieve.
Do not use Beta software in production - it's not ready yet!
Download CanisterBeta 24.3β(90).
Install - full setup instructions are here.
Request beta access via Canister support - we'll give your license key beta super powers.
Users with an older license can get involved by simply extending Canister. All extensions now include Canister for Windows, as well as one year of updates and support.
We like to hear when something is working well, but perhaps more importantly, we need to know when something doesn't. Beta feedback can be sent in-app using the Beta Feedback ribbon, or via this feedback form. Bonus points for screenshots and notes on how to reproduce any unexpected behavior.