12
Backfill Operations
In some cases, it may be necessary to retroactively apply a given policy to existing users
and file systems. Or it may be necessary to perform some administrative corrective action
or operation on a large set of users. File System Factory™ collectively refers to this type
of operation as a “Backfill”. A backfill operation is issued through the File System
Factory™ web interface. Also available from the backfill operation page, a diagnostic
consistency check report can be run. These reports can help determine what backfill
options need to be run against a given group or container. See more details on the
consistency checks in section 10.
You may perform a backfill operation against a container, a group, or an individual user
object. Backfill operations against a group will pull users from the group membership.
Backfill operations against a container will pull all users in the given container as well as
all subordinate containers.
Each user object is analyzed and worked with independently, regardless of whether the
backfill is initiated via container, group, or directly against an individual user.
Novell File System Factory™ Administrator’s Guide
© 2002-2005 Condrey Consulting Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
46