Applying Group Policy Objects

About GPO support in Data ONTAP  

NetApp storage systems support Group Policy Objects (GPOs), a set of rules (known as group policy attributes) that apply to computers in an Active Directory environment. While not all GPOs are applicable to your storage system, the storage system is able to recognize and process the relevant set of GPOs.

When CIFS and GPOs are enabled on your storage system, Data ONTAP sends LDAP queries to the Active Directory server requesting GPO information. If there are GPO definitions that are applicable to your storage system, the Active Directory server returns GPO information, including:

• GPO name
• Current GPO version
• Location of the GPO definition
• Lists of UUIDs (universally unique identifiers) for GPO policy sets

The following GPOs are currently supported for your storage system:

• Startup and shutdown scripts
• Group Policy refresh interval for computer
• File System security policy
• Event Log
• Auditing

  Note
  Event Log and Auditing policy settings are applied differently to storage systems than to Windows systems. For more information, see Appendix B, Event Log and Audit Policy Mapping.

Configuring GPO support  

To configure and manage GPOs, see the detailed instructions in the following sections according to your Group Policy requirements:

• Enabling GPO support in your environment
• Managing GPOs on the storage system
• Enabling NTFS security settings with GPOs

For more information  

For more information about Windows GPOs, see the Microsoft web site at www.microsoft.com.

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