The access is now made as the G-disk on the Batch machine. You may notice that an existing file on your A-disk no longer causes errors when trying to create a file of the same name from a VM Batch run. General users will notice few changes. This should allow fewer scheduled outages. The Retrieve PF key function has new options.
Details are available.
This new version of ESA is transparent to users. CMS 8 will remain the production version. ESA 1.1.1 will allow you to log onto your userid in those cases when you're already logged on at another location. For example, let's say that you're logged onto your userid in your office. An hour or so later, you're over at the Student Center and need to check something on your userid.