Ensuring specific users are never blocked

It is possible for you to define, for each file server, a list of users whose files are never blocked. Note that the Vault Service account is never blocked. The account is excluded from all file blocking.

Note the following if you configure File Blocking in a clustered environment where multiple cluster groups can come online on the same cluster node. The file blocking exemptions list must be identical for all the virtual servers that can be online concurrently on the same node.

To exempt a user from File Blocking:

  1. Expand the Administration Console tree until the Targets container is visible.

  2. Expand Targets.

  3. Expand File Server.

  4. Right-click the server on which you want the user to be exempt from File Blocking and, on the shortcut menu, click Properties.

  5. On the File Blocking tab, next to Exemptions, click Add. The Add Windows Users and Groups dialog appears.

  6. Select the user you want to add to the exemptions list and click Add.

  7. Click OK to to close Add Windows Users and Groups.

  8. Click OK to close File Server Properties.