In Active Directory network environments, Novell File Reporter can report on the contents of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices through an NFR Agent proxy assignment. Integration information for reporting on specific NAS device types is found below.
For an EMC Celerra NAS device, configuration is similar to configuring a server in the domain to be managed by a proxy agent.
Join the NAS device to a domain where Novell File Reporter can report from.
Grant the proxy rights group membership in the NAS device's built-in Administrators group.
Grant the proxy rights group the folder share and NTFS permissions that are required to access the storage.
Grant the LSA rights and privileges to the proxy rights group, except the rights and privileges that don't exist on the EMC Celerra NAS device.
For a NetApp filer device, configuration is very simple because the device does not fully emulate a Windows Server at the operating system level.
Use the NetApp filer administration utility to join the NAS device to a domain where Novell File Reporter can report.
Grant the proxy rights group membership in the NAS device's built-in Administrators group.
Grant the proxy rights group the folder share permissions that are required to access the storage.
There are no LSA rights and privileges to grant on a NetApp filer NAS device.
Perform the following steps to integrate an EMC Isilon device. You can use these same steps to see if other NAS devices integrate with Novell File Reporter.
In the associated Computer object in Active Directory, add the following text somewhere in the description attribute for that object:
***SRGenericNASDevice***
Rebuild the storage resources and verify that the NAS device is displayed on the list.
Perform any needed steps for giving the proxy rights group access to the desired shares and folders on the NAS device.