File Blocking configuration

File Blocking, which is a component of the FSA Agent, is carried out by the Enterprise Vault File Blocking service.

File Blocking is available for the following:

NTFS devices. File Blocking is carried out by a File Blocking service that is installed on the Windows file server
NetApp devices with OnTAP 7.0 or later. File Blocking is carried out by a File Blocking service that is installed on a Windows file server.
It is possible for the Windows file server to run File Blocking for more than one NetApp device, but for best performance you are recommended to have one Windows file server for each NetApp device.

You specify File Blocking rules within a volume policy and then apply that policy to disk volumes. You can have many rules within a single policy.

For example, you could configure rules to do the following:

Allow graphics files to be created but for a warning message to be sent to the user and the event to be logged.
Block video files and move them to quarantine.

You configure File Blocking at the volume level by applying a volume policy in which you have defined File Blocking rules. The rules control the file types that are allowed on the volume, which folders to monitor, and the actions to take when a policy violation occurs.

It is possible for the volumes also to be processed by a File System Archiving task, but there is no requirement to do this.