Applies to: Data source is a Windows computer or a NetApp filer where Analyze from source is selected
You can view all users who accessed, modified, deleted, or renamed a file. Modifying a file includes creating and changing a file.
The file monitoring information is also available when you perform operations such as moving files.
Before You Begin
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Review the considerations for file monitoring.
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If you did not enable monitoring when you added the file server as a data source, on the Configuration tab of the data source details page, in the Configuration tile, click Edit . In the Edit data source dialog box, move the Enable monitoring toggle key to the right.
Procedure
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From the navigation pane, go to Data Insights.
The Data Insights page appears.
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Under Risk Analysis, click File storage optimization.
The File storage optimization page appears.
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On the Server tab, next to the server name, click the down arrow .
The data sources for the server appear.
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In the Data source name column, click the data source.
The data source dashboard page appears.
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On the Configuration tab, click File monitoring report.
The file monitoring report appears.
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Review the information on the report:
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File Activity Chart: Displays the number of files for each event type and the number of times the event type occurred. The event types are Accessed, Modified, Deleted, and Renamed.
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Most Active Files: Displays the names of the files that have the most activity. The amount of activity for each file is displayed as a percentage.
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Most Active Users: Displays the names of the users who have the most activity. The amount of activity for each user is displayed as a percentage.
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Event Time: Displays how many files were accessed, modified, deleted, or renamed on a specific day.
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Table: Lists users, event types, file names, event times, and file locations. If a file name changed, in the File Name column, click the i to see the new file name.
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To filter the report by user name or by file name, in the upper-left area of the report, in the Search text box, enter the search text.