Virtual File Services (VFS) provides methods that allow you to manage services such as Novell Storage Services (NSS) and eDirectory using standard file system functions. Using VFS and a scripting or GUI-based interface, you can view the status and statistics for your system and change the system parameters.
With support for Active Directory introduced in OES 2015, new XML elements and attributes have been added to differentiate between Active Directory and eDirectory identities. This section provides a summary of changes to the VFS NDK.
For the following requests, a new XML element <includeADIdentities/> is introduced to include Active Directory identities in the XML reply. When a user is referred to in the XML reply, a new attribute named type will specify value of the attribute as adID or edirID to indicate an Active Directory or an eDirectory identity.
<getFileInfo>
<getAllEffectiveRights>
<scanSalvageableFiles>
<salvageDeletedFile>
<list>
<browse>
For the following XML requests, the user type is specified using the new attribute type, which will specify the value of the attribute as adID or edirID to indicate an Active Directory or an eDirectory identity.
<setFileInfo>
<getEffectiveRightsByID>
<getEffectiveRightsByUser>
<getInheritedRightsForUser>
<addTrustee>
<removeTrustee>
<get>
<set>
For the TrusteeInfo.xml and UserInfo.xml files, when a user is referred to in the XML reply, a new attribute named type will specify the value of the attribute as adID or edirID to indicate an Active Directory or an eDirectory identity.
adEnabledMedia: New tag added to the addpool2 request to upgrade the pool media format to support Active Directory identities. This tag is also added to the getPoolInfo and listPools reply to indicate that the pool is Active Directory-enabled.
force: New tag added to the addpool2 request to forcefully add a pool in a mixed node cluster.
volumeADEnabled: New tag introduced in modifyVolumeInfo request to modify the attributes of the volume. This tag is also added to the getVolumeInfo reply to indicate that the volume is Active Directory-enabled.
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