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Supported file operation and filter combinations that FPolicy can monitor for NFSv4

Contributors netapp-mdavidson netapp-aherbin netapp-thomi

When you configure your FPolicy event, you need to be aware that only certain combinations of file operations and filters are supported for monitoring NFSv4 file access operations.

The list of supported file operation and filter combinations for FPolicy monitoring of NFSv4 file access events is provided in the following table:

Supported file operations

Supported filters

close

offline-bit, exclude-directory

create

offline-bit

create_dir

Currently no filter is supported for this file operation.

delete

offline-bit

delete_dir

Currently no filter is supported for this file operation.

getattr

offline-bit, exclude-directory

link

offline-bit

lookup

offline-bit, exclude-directory

open

offline-bit, exclude-directory

read

offline-bit, first-read

write

offline-bit, first-write, write-with-size-change

rename

offline-bit

rename_dir

Currently no filter is supported for this file operation.

setattr

offline-bit, setattr_with_owner_change, setattr_with_group_change, setattr_with_mode_change, setattr_with_sacl_change, setattr_with_dacl_change, setattr_with_modify_time_change, setattr_with_access_time_change, setattr_with_size_change, exclude_directory

symlink

offline-bit

Beginning with ONTAP 9.13.1, users can receive notifications for failed file operations due to lack of permissions. The list of supported access denied file operation and filter combinations for FPolicy monitoring of NFSv4 file access events is provided in the following table:

Supported access denied file operation

Supported filters

access

NA

create

NA

create_dir

NA

delete

NA

delete_dir

NA

link

NA

open

NA

read

NA

rename

NA

rename_dir

NA

setattr

NA

write

NA