Introduction to Windows Active Directory Groups: Using Windows Active directory groups makes it more efficient for the operating system to enumerate permissions on an ACL, and makes it also easier for the company operations staff to manage all the ACL permissions on the resource. The file server must enumerate each user account SID number in [...]
windows share error messages One of the most frustrating messages that users can get when they are trying to login to a share or mapped drive is: “The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password" Or Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using [...]
InsightIQ can export two kinds of statistics: cluster performance statistics using the command iiq_data_export perf export file system analytic's using the command: iiq_data_export fsa export In this exercise we will focus on FSA statistics Note: the following commands where tested on InsightIQ 3.1 iiq_data_export fsa list iiq_data export fsa list usage/switches: iiq_data_export fsa list {--clusters [...]
Introduction: Evergreen SMB File migration project sometimes have to deal with data file migration that contains historical SID’s This kind of migration require additional planning and pre-work as we need to identify old AD SID history and create an SID map file to replace all the old SID with new active ones from the domain. [...]
Isilon variable expansion is a feature to dynamically create SMB shares for windows users home directories. To understand this feature you should first understand how windows user home directory works. With Windows user home directory we need to create an SMB share with personalized permissions and security settings for each individual user. In a small [...]
There are several ways to migrate Windows Folder Redirection to a new storage, below are four scenarios on how we can implement the change. Migration Scenarios: In this exercise we will explain four migration scenarios with varying level of client impact:. Group Policy Points to “Do not move the contents of Documents to the [...]
In this exercise we will explain how to deploy windows folder redirection with offline files on Isilon Cluster. To enable Windows folder redirection with offline files we need to do three steps: Enable folder redirection and chose what folders to redirect (Deploying Folder Redirection). Configure the parameters for the offline caching. (Configure offline [...]
EMCopy is a command-line file based migration tool that is used to replicate SMB files/directories including ability to replicate ACL permissions and ownership., another similar file based migration tools are SecureCopy and RoboCopy. EMCopy usage/switches: Usage: EMCOPY srcdir destdir [name [name]...] [/nosec] [/o] [/a] [/secfix] [/secforce] [/hda <account>] [/lg] [/lu] [/i] [/create] [/s] [/lev:n] [/d] [...]
There is a sizing tool available that will help you decide what type of nodes and the quantity that you should consider for your environment. In general when designing and sizing a new Isilon Cluster storage array the following points needs to be taken into consideration: How many Active users: will help with sizing for number [...]
PowerPath Migration Enabler is a server based block level migration tool, used to migrate data between arrays as a transparent migration with no client impact. There are several ways to migrate data from one VMAX to another: Using a replication tool like SRDF Using file based migration tool like emcopy or rsync Using server based [...]
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