Home Folder Creation in NetApp and Active Directory

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I am going to help you people who is looking for the Home folder solution which integrate with Active Dirctory and NetApp storage in Windows domain enviornment.

Active Directory Domain  –> Windows 2008 AD

NetApp Storage–> FAS 270

Normal Users required 1 GB and Power Users required 2 GB

First Step

Create two volumes in NetApp ( Volume creation is not part of this article). One for normal users and another for power users

Second Step

Create CIFS share for these two volumes.

We have given sharename as Normal Users$, It will be hidden and this share will not available if user browse \\filername

Third Step

Enable Home Directories in NetApp

While entering hme directory path volume name should enter as case sensitive.

Restrict users to see other users home directories

By default no one able to access other users hoem folders, but they will be list access to these folders if they browse \\filername\normalUsers$.

In order to restrict this we can apply below commands from filer command prompt

 FAS270> cifs shares cifs.homedir -accessbasedenum

once you apply this you will receive below error when user trying to browse the other user home directories

4th Step

Map this share location in Active Directory. Go to Active Directory users and computers–>select user–> properties–>profile tab–> Home Folder

 After this users can see home folder in their computer as home folder ( need to log off the machine)

 Last Step

Apply Quota for each user. Normal user 1 GB and power user 2 GB

- Login to Filer View of Netapp Filer

-      Add Quota –> Select user as quota type–> and select the volume

Give domain name\ username

Soft Limit – 800 MB ( can see warning in console if user exceed this limit)

Hard Limit – 1 GB ( users cant save if they reach 1 GB)

Click Next–> Commit

That’s it. We have configured Home directories to end users through Netapp storage. Dp let me know you need any more help to achieve this task

Thanks

Akther

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