5.6 Creating a User Profile Path Policy

For users in Active Directory who access the network through Remote Desktop Services, Novell Storage Manager can provision and manage a user’s profile path, quota, grooming, and vaulting by setting and managing the profile path attribute.

Microsoft stores a user’s profile path as follows: \\server-name\share-name\users\user\profile.

In managing the roaming profile user’s profile path, Novell Storage Manager creates two separate profile paths in the workstation’s file system. For Windows workstations running Windows Vista or Windows 7, the path is similar to the following: \\server-name\share-name\users\user\profile.V2.

For Windows workstations running Windows XP and earlier, the path is similar to the following: \\server-name\share-name\users\user\profile.

When a profile is specified for the policy, the profile is created in both of these locations. Additionally, when quota and vault paths are specified, the specifications also apply to both of the paths.

When Novell Storage Manager has provisioned a profile path for the Remote Desktop Services user, it enters settings in the Profile path field of the User object’s Profile property.

NOTE:The Windows Full Control NTFS permission is established and cannot be modified.

5.6.1 To Create a User Profile Path Policy

  1. In NSMAdmin, click Policy Management.

  2. In the Manage Policies menu, select Create Policy > Create User Profile Path Policy.

    The following screen appears:

  3. Specify a name in the Name field and leave the User and Profile Path options selected.

    The Policy Options page appears.

  4. Select the options and settings that you want the policy to use.

User Profile Path Options: The fields presented on the Policy Options page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting policy options, see Section 5.5.1, Setting Policy Options.

User Profile Path Policy Associations: The Associations page is identical to the Associations page presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting associations, see Section 5.5.2, Setting Associations.

User Profile Path Provisioning Options: The Provisioning Options page provides only the Path Owner and Template Folder settings that are described in detail in Section 5.5.3, Provisioning Options.

NOTE:When you create a User Profile Path policy, the Folder Properties and Home Folder Options settings are included in the Provisioning Options page for User Home Folder policies are not included because you are only setting the profile path and not the user home folder storage.

User Profile Path Target Paths: The fields presented on the Target Paths page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting target paths, see Section 5.5.4, Setting Target Paths.

User Profile Path Quota Options: The fields presented on the Quota Options page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting quota options, see Section 5.5.5, Setting Quota Options.

User Profile Path Move Schedule: The fields presented on the Move Schedule page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting the move schedule, see Section 5.5.6, Setting the Move Schedule.

User Profile Path Cleanup Options: The fields presented on the Cleanup Options page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting cleanup options, see Section 5.5.7, Setting Cleanup Options.

User Profile Path Vault Rules: The fields presented on the Vault Rules page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting vault rules, see Section 5.5.8, Setting Vault Rules.

User Profile Path Grooming Rules: The fields presented in the Grooming Rules page are identical to those presented when you create a user home folder policy. For an explanation of the page, along with procedures for setting grooming rules, see Section 5.5.9, Setting Grooming Rules.