4.1 Enabling Other Identity Systems

Your license file for File Reporter is either for Active Directory or eDirectory. If the File Reporter license file is for Active Directory, then Active Directory is the primary identity system. If the license file is for eDirectory, then eDirectory is the primary identity system.

File Reporter lets you enable other identity systems so that you can scan and report on the storage resources that are within those systems.

4.1.1 Enabling eDirectory

File Reporter allows you to enable multiple eDirectory trees as identity systems.

IMPORTANT:If you have Universal Passwords set up for all users in your tree, you must have the proper settings for File Reporter to work. Refer to Micro Focus File Reporter 3.6 Installation Guide for more information.

IMPORTANT:If your primary identity system is Active Directory and you want to enable eDirectory, you must first install the Client for Open Enterprise Server on the Windows server that is hosting the Engine.

  1. Select Configuration > Identity Systems.

  2. Click Add.

    Default Server Address: Specify the IP address of any server in the directory tree.

    Username: Use typeless FDN format naming to specify an administrator name.

    Password: Specify the administrator password.

    Tree Name: Specify the name of the eDirectory tree.

    Proxy Object FDN: Use typeless FDN format naming to specify a name for the proxy object that you are creating.

    For example, MFRProxyObject.system

    Assign Supervisor rights to [Root] for Proxy Account: Leaving this check box selected enables File Reporter to scan all volumes in the directory tree. If you deselect this option, the Agent can scan only those volumes to which the File Reporter proxy object has been given supervisor rights.

    When this option is deselected, storage resources might not build properly.

    We therefore recommend that this option remain selected.

  3. Complete the fields and click OK.

    The eDirectory identity system is added.

  4. (Optional) Repeat these steps to add additional eDirectory identity systems.

4.1.2 Enabling Active Directory

File Reporter allows you to enable only one Active Directory forest as an identity system.

  1. Select Configuration > Identity Systems.

  2. Click Add.

  3. In the Identity System Type region, click the Active Directory option.

    Username: Specify a username for an administrator in Active Directory.

    Password: Specify the password for the administrator.

    Forest Root: Because the Windows Engine host server is already part of a domain, the forest name is entered automatically.

    Proxy User: Name the proxy user.

    For example, srsproxy.

    Proxy Rights Group: Name the proxy rights group.

    For example, srsproxyrights.

  4. Click OK.

    The Active Directory identity system is added.