Net Folder Servers are connections to NSS volumes on NetWare and OES file servers, and to shares on Windows file servers. You can set up as many connections to each file server as needed. For the hands-on lab, you create one Net Folder Server for each NSS volume.

1. Under Management, click Net Folder Servers.

2. Four of the users that you synchronized with the OES-11 server have Home directories on the server. Therefore, the Net Folder Server 192.168.1.100-HOME is already created and listed.

   IMPORTANT:Although Home folders are technically like other Net Folders in Filr, their primary role is personal storage. Therefore, they are accessed through My Files rather than through Net Folders.

3. The Home Net Folder Server is marked with an icon that indicates that its configuration needs attention.

   In the Name column, click 192.168.1.100-HOME.

4. A chief feature of Filr is the ability to share files and folders with others who do not have native file system rights. This sharing functionality is provided through Filr proxy users, but the Home Net Folder Server has no Filr proxy user assigned.

   The proxy user for these exercises (filrproxyuser) is shown in the FILR-LAB organization in Figure 3-2.

   In the Proxy Name field, type

   cn=filrproxyuser,o=filr-lab

   In the Proxy Password field, type

   novellfilr

5. Click Test Connection.

   You should see a message that the test succeeded.

6. Click OK > OK.

7. To add Net Folder Servers for the other volumes on the OES server, click Add.

8. Type the following in the fields indicated for a volume, beginning with DEV:

   Volume	Field	Text
   DEV	Name	Development
   	Server Path	\\192.168.1.100\DEV
   	Proxy Name	cn=filrproxyuser,o=filr-lab
   	Proxy Password	novellfilr
   IS	Name	IS
   	Server Path	\\192.168.1.100\IS
   	Proxy Name	cn=filrproxyuser,o=filr-lab
   	Proxy Password	novellfilr
   MRKTG	Name	Marketing
   	Server Path	\\192.168.1.100\MRKTG
   	Proxy Name	cn=filrproxyuser,o=filr-lab
   	Proxy Password	novellfilr
   SALES	Name	Sales
   	Server Path	\\192.168.1.100\SALES
   	Proxy Name	cn=filrproxyuser,o=filr-lab
   	Proxy Password	novellfilr

   Notice that the Net Folder Server names do not necessarily need to mirror the server and volume information.

9. Click Test Connection to ensure that everything is entered correctly.

10. Under Synchronization Schedule, select

    • Enable Scheduled Synchronization

    • Every Day

    • At 0:00 GMT

11. Click OK.

12. Repeat from Step 8 for the IS, MRKTG, and SALES volumes.

13. Click Sync.

    When the sync operation completes, Filr has metadata for each Net Folder Server in its database.

14. Continue with Setting Net Folder Access and Sharing Rights.

1. Under Management, click Net Folders.

   Notice that although four users have Home folders and the HOME volume was listed as a Net Folder Server in the previous section, there are no Net Folders displayed in the list. This is because Home folders are displayed and managed under My Files rather than Net Folders.

2. Click Add, then use the information in Table 3-1 to complete the sub-steps for each Net Folder listed.

   Table 3-1 Net Folder Configuration Information

   Name	Server	Relative Path	Users with Rights to Net Folder	Sharing Rights
   reviews	Development	personnel\reviews	red	Allow Access Internal
   comp planning	Development	personnel\salaries	red	Allow Access
   projects	Development	projects	red	Allow Access Internal External
   training	IS	training\quick_starts	blue	Allow Access Internal Re-share
   cool stuff	Marketing	advertising\brochures	yellow	Allow Access Internal External Public Re-share
   projections	Sales	revenue\projections	black	Allow Access Internal
   2013 tracking	Sales	revenue\quotas	black	Allow Access Internal

   1. In the Name field, type a name from Table 3-1 (reviews is first).

   2. In the Net Folder Server drop-down list, select the Net Folder Server listed for the Net Folder (Development is first).

   3. In the Relative Path field, type the relative path shown for the Net Folder (personnel\reviews is first).

   4. Click Test Connection and verify that the information is entered correctly.

   5. Click Index the Contents of This Net Folder.

      Although content indexing carries significant processing overhead and should, therefore, probably not be applied to all Net Folders, the content used in these exercises is so small that the overhead involved with indexing it is miniscule.

   6. Click Enable Just-in-Time Synchronization.

      Again, the content used in these exercises is small, and this option ensures that the folder’s content is synchronized between OES and Filr each time a user accesses it.

   7. Click the Rights tab.

   8. In the User or Group field, begin typing, and then select the first user listed for the Net Folder (M Red is first.)

   9. In the Grant Rights dialog, set the sharing rights as listed (the first choices are: Allow Access to the Net Folder and Internal Users), then click OK.

   10. Click OK > OK, then return to Step 2.a for the next Net Folder.

   11. When all of the Net Folders have been specified, continue with Enabling Sharing.