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Operating System Files
You should not convert system directories to iFolders. Most system files change infrequently and it
is better to keep an image file of your basic system and key software than to attempt to synchronize
those files to the server.
Hidden Files
If your file system uses hidden files to track display preferences, you should determine the file types
of these files and exclude them from being synchronized on your system. Usually, they are relevant
only to the particular computer where they were created, and they change every time the file or
directory is accessed. You do not need to keep these files, and synchronizing them results in repeated
file conflict errors.
For example, iFolder automatically excludes two hidden file manager files called thumbs.db and
.DS_Store.
Database Files
iFolder synchronizes the changed portions of a file; it does not synchronize files as a set. If you have
a database file that is implemented as a collection of linked files, do not try to synchronize them in
an iFolder.
Do not try to synchronize your GroupWise
remote directories into iFolders. If you do this, the GroupWise data files becomes corrupted after
synchronizing the file a few times. GroupWise needs the files in the archive to be maintained as a set
of files.
File Sizes
The maximum file size you allow for synchronization depends on your production environment.
While some users work with hundreds of small files, other users work with very large files. You
might set a system-wide policy to restrict sizes for most users, then set individual policies for power
users.
3.7 Management Tools
Use the following tools to manage the Novell iFolder 3.x enterprise server and Web Access server.
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Section 3.7.1, "iFolder Configuration Plug-Ins for YaST," on page 37
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Section 3.7.2, "Novell iFolder 3 Plug-In for Novell iManager 2.5," on page 38
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Section 3.7.3, "Web Access Configuration File," on page 39
3.7.1 iFolder Configuration Plug-Ins for YaST
iFolder provides the following plug-ins to YaST for configuring basic parameters for your iFolder
system:
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data by making the GroupWise archive, cache, or
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