CIFS SHARE CREATION IN NETAPP STORAGE ARRAY
Introduction
The Common Internet File System (CIFS) is the standard way that computer users share files across corporate intranets and the Internet. A Cifs share works on the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, CIFS is a native file-sharing protocol in Windows 2000.
The Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a network file sharing protocol, and as implemented in Microsoft Windows is known as Microsoft SMB Protocol. The set of message packets that defines a particular version of the protocol is called a dialect.
The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is a network file sharing protocol that allows applications on a computer to read and write to files and to request services from server programs in a computer network. The SMB protocol can be used on top of its TCP/IP protocol or other network protocols.
TCP port 445 rather than TCP port 139 have to be enable to access the CIFS share throught the SMB Protocol.
Procedure to Create a CIFS Share
Login to the filer with the Putty session
To check the available space in the aggregate, run the command
Netapp> df -Ah
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Aggregate List |
To create a volume of size 10 GB, run the command
Netapp> vol create /vol/CIFS_TEST/ -s volume agg2 10g
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Volume creation |
NOTE: By default while creating a Volume a snapshot will
reserve the 5 % space of a volume size.
To check the snapshot
details, run the command
Netapp> snap reserve CIFS_TEST
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Snap Reserve |
If you don’t need a snapshot for particular volume, we can change to zero by using the command
Netapp> snap reserve CIFS_TEST 0
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Snap Reserve |
To check the snap schedules are created, run the command
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Snap Schedule |
To change to zero, run the command
Netapp> snap sched CIFS_TEST 0 0 0
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Snap Schedules |
To create a Qtree, run the command
Netapp> qtree create /vol/CIFS_TEST/test_qtree
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Qtree Creation |
To check the Qtree security, run the command
Netapp> qtree status CIFS_TEST
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Qtree Status |
To change the volume security style to NTFS, run the command
Netapp> qtree security /vol/CIFS_TEST ntfs
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Volume Security |
To check the security status, run the command
Netapp> qtree status CIFS_TEST
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Qtree Security Status |
To change the Qtree security style to NTFS, run the command
Netapp> qtree security /vol/CIFS_TEST/test_qtree ntfs
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Qtree Security status |
To check the Qtree status, run the command
Netapp> qtree status CIFS_TEST
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Qtree Security status |
To create a cifs share, run the command
Netapp> cifs shares -add test_share /vol/CIFS_TEST/test_qtree
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Cifs share creation |
To provide user access to the cifs share as full control, run the command
Netapp> cifs access "test_share" EMP ID full control
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Cifs share access |
To provide user access to the cifs share by GUI, go to the filer IP using the run option
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GUI Cifs Share access |
Right click on the created share and select the properties
option.
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GUI Cifs share access |
Go to security tab and click on edit option
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Security tab |
Click on add option to entry the user or groups id details
to access the share and at last click on OK.
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Access page |
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commentsvery informative article, thanks for sharing knowledge.
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