Maintain user profiles - Examine options for minimizing user profile size Flashcards
What permissions must users possess to modify their user profiles?
Write permissions
Users need Write permissions to write data to their user profiles.
What can limit the amount of data users can write to their profiles?
Administrator limits
Administrators can impose limits on user profiles to manage storage.
What happens if users store large files in their Documents folder?
Administrators may limit storage space
Large files can quickly increase user data, prompting administrators to limit space.
Name the 3 methods administrators can use to limit user profile sizes.
- Use quotas : to limit the space that is available to a user on a volume or on a shared folder where the roaming user profile is stored.
- Redirect folders that typically contain large user files and are stored in the user profile by default, for example, the Documents folder, outside of the user profile.
- Use the Group Policy setting to limit user profile sizes. You can limit the size of local or roaming user profiles by configuring settings in the user part of Group Policy.
How can quotas be set on a local Windows volume?
Using volume properties
Disk quotas can be configured through volume properties.
How can you set a quota on a shared folder on the file server where roaming user profiles or redirected folders are stored ?
By using File Server Resource Manager in Windows Server
What is the effect of reaching a disk quota?
Users cannot write more data
When the quota is reached, users are blocked from adding more data.
What happens to roaming user profiles when a quota is exceeded on a shared folder?
Local copy won’t synchronize
Changes won’t sync until the local profile size is reduced below the quota limit.
What is one way to reduce the size of user profiles?
Redirect folders out of user profiles
How can Folder Redirection be configured?
Using Group Policy
Group Policy provides several settings for configuring Folder Redirection.
When you redirect folders out of user profile, what is the consequence for computers in AD DS?
the redirected folders are available from any computer in AD DS even if the user is configured with a local user profile.
If you use folder redirection, can you still use quotas?
Yes, to limit the size of redirected folders.
What is the purpose of the Limit profile size setting in Group Policy?
To manage local and roaming user profile sizes
This setting allows administrators to enforce maximum profile sizes.
What happens when a user’s local profile exceeds the allowed size if you use Group Policy to limit user profile sizes?
They can still write data but are reminded of the limit
Users receive reminders but can continue to use their profiles.
What can happen to changes in roaming user profiles if the size limit is exceeded?
Changes won’t sync with the network
Local changes won’t be copied to the file server until data is deleted.
Fill in the blank: Users can have smaller user profiles if they store data files outside of their user profiles, for example, in a dedicated _______.
shared folder
Storing data outside user profiles can help manage profile sizes.
