13.6 Managing iFolder Policies

Use the iFolder Policy tab to view and manage the policies for an iFolder.

  1. Select iFolders or Orphaned iFolders.

  2. Locate the iFolder you want to manage, then click the iFolder’s name link to open the iFolder management page to the General tab.

  3. Click the Policy tab, then click Modify.

  4. Configure one or more of the following values, then click Save to apply the new settings:

    Parameter

    Description

    Disable Synchronization

    Select this to disable the synchronization of data in the iFolder.

    Deselect this to turn on synchronization, usually temporarily.

    Default Value: Enabled, Yes

    Disk Quota

    Select the Limit check box, then specify the maximum size (in MB) for the selected iFolder.

    If you enable a system-wide iFolder quota, a user’s account quota overrides it, whether the user quota is lower or higher than the system quota.

    Default Value: Disabled, 100MB

    Used

    (View only)

    Reports how much space the iFolder data currently consumes.

    Available

    (View only)

    Reports how much space is available on the server for the iFolder data.

    Effective

    (View only)

    Reports effective space available on the server for the iFolder data.

    File Size

    Limit: Specifies the maximum total file size (in MB) that an iFolder user is allowed to use, across all iFolders the user owns for the selected user account.

    Effective: Effective file size allocated for the user.

    IMPORTANT:Users cannot successfully synchronize files of a size that would cause a quota to be exceeded. If they try to do so, only part of the file is synchronized, resulting in data corruption.

    Excluded Files

    Specifies a list of file types to include or to exclude from synchronization for the selected iFolder.

    The file manager files called thumbs.db and .DS_Store are never synchronized.

    To add a file extension to an inclusion or exclusion filter, type the extension (such as *.mpg), then click Add to apply the filter.

    To exclude a file type from the restricted file types, select the check box adjacent to the file type, then click Delete.

    Default Value: Disabled, Allow all file types or the System-wide settings.

    Synchronization

    Select the Synchronization Interval check box to enable a minimum interval setting for the selected iFolder, then specify the minimum value in minutes that users are allowed to set on their clients.

    To disable the setting, deselect the Synchronization Interval check box. If the option is disabled, the value reported is No Limit.

    If this option is enabled, the minimum synchronization interval specifies the minimum interval in minutes that a user’s client can check iFolder data on the server and local iFolders to identify files that need to be downloaded or uploaded.

    If the iFolder is locked by an active system process (such as backup), you receive an Already Locked Exception (AlreadyLockedException) error. You cannot enable or disable synchronization for the iFolder until that process ends; try again later.

    The effective minimum synchronization interval is always the largest value from the following settings:

    • The system policy (default of 5 minutes), unless there is a user policy set. If a user policy is set, the user policy overrides the system policy, whether it is larger or smaller in value

    • The local machine policy, or the setting on the client system synchronizing with the server

    • The iFolder policy

    Default Value: 5 minutes. You can lower it to a minimum of 5 seconds.

    Sharing

    On: By default, iFolder sharing is enabled. Deselect On to disable sharing for the selected iFolder. After applying this policy, iFolder cannot be shared either by the Admin or by the Owner of the iFolder.

    Revoke: Select Revoke to remove all the members from the list of shared members for the selected iFolder.

    IMPORTANT:Both of these option are disabled if you enable the Disable Sharing option at System level, LDAP Group level or User level.