NAS Device Considerations

NetApp Filer

Configuration for a NetApp Filer device is simple because the device does not fully emulate a Windows Server at the operating system level.

  1. Use the NetApp Filer administration utility to join the NAS device to a domain where File Reporter can report.

  2. Grant membership in the NAS device’s built-in Administrators group to the Proxy Rights group.

  3. Grant the folder the share permissions required to access the storage to the Proxy Rights group.

There are no LSA privileges to grant on a NetApp Filer NAS device.

PowerScale OneFS

Perform the following steps to integrate a PowerScale OneFS device (formerly EMC Isilon).
You can use these same steps to determine if other NAS devices integrate with File Reporter.

  1. Rebuild the storage resources and verify that the NAS device is displayed on the list.

  2. Perform any steps necessary to give the proxy rights group access to the desired shares and folders on the NAS device.

Other NAS Devices

Perform the following steps to determine if other NAS devices integrate with File Reporter.

  1. In the associated Computer object in Active Directory, add the following text somewhere in the description attribute for that object:

    ***SRGenericNASDevice***

  2. Rebuild the storage resources and verify that the NAS device is displayed on the list.

  3. Perform any steps necessary to give the Proxy Rights group access to the desired shares and folders on the NAS device.