NetApp® FPolicy® is a file access notification framework that allows administrators to monitor file access for SMB and NFS v3 and v4.0. FPolicy enables a rich set of use cases working with …

Apr 11, 2025 · To provide visibility and access control for files, the ONTAP solution uses the NetApp FPolicy feature. File policies can be set based on file type. FPolicy determines how …

Jul 1, 2025 · This procedure describes how to use NetApp Filer CLI commands to configure NetApp FPolicy to transmit notifications (names of files that need to be scanned) from a …

Beginning with ONTAP 9.14.1, FPolicy allows you to set up persistent stores to capture file access events for asynchronous non-mandatory policies in the SVM. Synchronous (either …

After you are through configuring an FPolicy policy configuration, you enable the FPolicy policy. Enabling the policy sets its priority and starts file access monitoring for the policy.

Before you create and configure FPolicy configurations on your SVMs, you need to be aware of certain requirements, considerations, and best practices.

Before you configure FPolicy events, you must understand what it means to create an FPolicy event. You must determine which protocols you want the event to monitor, which events to …

Oct 14, 2025 · Usage: This ONTAPI call can be issued against Storage VM (SVM) management LIFs. Specifies the time at which FPolicy passthrough-read is connected or disconnected. …

To configure a persistent store for a policy, the engine type must be async and the policy must be non-mandatory. For more information, see Create persistent stores. You can add one or more …

Aug 1, 2025 · This guide is critical in ensuring that you are reviewing both the Cloud Secure and NetApp side Best Practices.