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If you already have user accounts in your tree, but have not taken the
steps to give them home directories, File System Factory™ can
automatically give your existing users managed home directory space.
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Existing Tree – Existing User Home Directories
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If you already have user accounts in your tree and they have home
directories, File System Factory™ can begin managing your existing
home directories as well as provision and manage any new ones.
Key Novell File System Factory Benefits:
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Full lifecycle, policy-driven file system management to create, manage, delete
home directories for both personal and collaborative storage.
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Unites newer identity provision solutions with the NetWare file system,
delivering identity based storage management.
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Automatic NetWare® storage with access methods to all namespaces, including
Windows, Mac, UNIX, and the Web.
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Group collaborative storage provisioning through policies.
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Automatic assignment of Disk Space Restrictions.
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Load balancing, Multi-Server Distribution & Space Balancing.
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NetWare storage control based on policies managed by eDirectory.
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Powerful automated Data Migration, including moving from traditional NetWare
file servers to Novell Storage Services™ & Cluster Services
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Automated Cleanup (everybody’s pain point) based on policy.
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Designed, built and tested to solve “real world” issues in delivering personal and
collaborative storage.
Enable Migration to New Provisioning Processes
Novell File System Factory is an invaluable resource to assist organizations in moving to
a new or adding an additional provisioning process. By using File System Factory to
make storage creation and management a separate but linked component of the user
provisioning process, organizations are now free to adopt and migrate to the new
provisioning technologies of Novell. Therefore, with File System Factory you can add file
system connectivity to your current and future provisioning solution whether it is based
on Novell Nsure Identity Manager (DirXML), LDAP applications, UIMPORT, LDIF,
ICE, custom code or another vendor’s product.
Policy Based Data Migration
Migrating home directories and group storage is a cumbersome and time consuming
process for administrators, but now Novell File System Factory is making migrating data
easy and painless for both administrators and end-users. Using Novell File System
factory can make moving to a Netware cluster as easy as changing an attribute in
eDirectory. With NetWare now supporting Clusters and SANs, many organizations want
to migrate. Data migration through dynamic policy application is one of the most
powerful features of File System Factory. If a user moves or the policy covering the user
changes, the new policy applies. If the new policy points to a different set of storage, say
another server, the user’s home directory and data will automatically moved to the new
server in a way that the user is not impacted by the move. Attributes of the policy dictate
the schedule and bandwidth used for data migrations.
In addition, File System Factory™ contains safeguards to ensure "seamless" migration of
the data by taking the necessary precautions to avoid troublesome situations and educate
the user about the migration process.
Novell File System Factory™ Administrator’s Guide
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