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A Task schedules one or more Policies for execution. Tasks can be scheduled to run at specific times, or can be run on-demand via the Quick Run control on the 'Dashboard'.
While a Task is running, its status is displayed in the 'Running Tasks' panel of the 'Dashboard'. When Tasks finish they are moved to the 'Recent Tasks' panel.
Operation statistics are updated in real time as the task runs. Operations will automatically be executed in parallel, see E for more details.
If multiple Tasks are scheduled to start simultaneously, Policies on each Source are grouped such that only a single traversal of each file system is required.
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Installation of the FileFly LinkConnect Server software requires careful configuration of both the NAS / file server and the FileFly LinkConnect Server machines. Instructions are provided in 5.4 for OneFS and 5.2 for Windows file servers. Other devices are not supported.
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ACL - Access Control List; file/folder/share level metadata encapsulating permissions granted to users or other entities
CA - Certificate Authority; specifically an X.509 certificate which issues (signs) other certificates such that during certificate validation a chain of trust may be established by verifying the signatures along the certificate chain up to a trusted Root CA certificate, e.g. to facilitate secure connection to a webserver - see also Root CA
Caretaker - a specific node within a cluster that performs performing maintenance tasks that must be to run on a single node at a time
CLP - Counterfeit Link Protection
Demigrate - to return migrated file content data to its original location, e.g. in response to user access
DFS - Microsoft's Distributed File System; comprised of DFSN and DFSR
DFSN - DFS Namespace; a Windows mechanism allowing for the presentation of multiple SMB shares as a single logical share
DFSR - DFS Replication; an SMB share-based file replication technology, see also Storage Replica as an alternative from Windows Server 2016 onwards
DR - Disaster Recovery
Enterprise CA - a privately-created Root Certificate Authority, promulgated as a trusted Root CA across an organization
FPolicy - a component of NetApp Data ONTAP which enables extension of native Filer functionality by other applications
FPolicy Server - a server which connects a NetApp Filer via the FPolicy protocols in order to provide extended functionality
FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name, e.g. server1.example.com
GUID - Globally unique identifier
HA - High-Availability; specifically the provision of redundant instances of a resource in a manner which ensures availability of service, even in the event of the failure of a particular instance
LDM - Link Deletion Monitoring
Link-Migrate - to transparently relocate file content data to secondary storage, replacing the original file with a MigLink
MigLink - a placeholder for a file that has been Link-Migrated; applications accessing the MigLink will be transparently redirected to the corresponding FileFly LinkConnect Server to facilitate data access
Migrate - to transparently relocate file content data to secondary storage without removing the file itself; the existing file becomes a stub
MWI file - a file on secondary storage which encapsulates the file content data of a corresponding primary storage stub file or MigLink
NTP - Network Time Protocol, a protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over a network
Quick-Remigrate - to quickly return a previously demigrated (but unmodified) file back to its migrated state without the need to re-transfer file content data
Root CA - a Certificate Authority at the end (root) of a chain of certificates; a Root CA is self-signed and must be trusted per se by the validating server (e.g. by inclusion in the computer's Trusted Root Certificate Authorities store)
Recovery File - a text file describing the relationships between stubs/MigLinks and their corresponding MWI files
Scheduler - the Admin Portal component responsible for starting scheduled Tasks
SDM - Stub Deletion Monitoring
Self-Signed Certificate - an X.509 certificate which is not attested to by another Certificate Authority, i.e. its Issuer is the same as its Subject; such certificates include Root CAs as well as 'standalone' self-signed server certificates such as may be created automatically during an application's installation process. Self-signed server certificates should generally be replaced with properly issued certificates from a trusted source.
Stub - a file whose content data has been transparently migrated to a secondary storage location
Storage Replica - a Windows Server volume replication technology offering synchronous or asynchronous replication modes
Syslog - a protocol used to send system log or event messages, e.g. to a centralized Syslog collector
TLS - Transport Layer Security; a protocol used for establishing secure connections between servers (formerly known as SSL)
UUID - Universally unique identifier