The cifs.audit.enable option is turned off automatically
Hello All, We have been facing logging problem in our netapp (ontap 8.1). CIFS.AUDIT.Enable option gets turned off automatically. I read one of the article, unfortunaltey it doesn't apply to us since...
View ArticlecDOT CIFS share property showsnapshot doesn't take effect?
I have the question of cDOT CIFS share property showsnapshot.whether enable or disable the showsnapshot property, I can always access the ~snapshot directory when mannulay entering the path of the...
View ArticleHow to modify Kerberos interface SPN
IHAC is testing on cDOT831P1 NFSV4+Kerberos(MIT) I met a question when want to change the LIF SPN, the test scenario is as below: 1. The LIFs have enabled Kerberos, and have their SPN. Now want to...
View ArticleCIFS Protocol does not Span to newly installed nodes in cluster v8.3P1
We have recently added two new nodes (HA-Pair) to an existing 2 Node cluster running 8.3P1. All nodes are running the same ONTAP version. We have added the node licenses for all protocols used. We...
View ArticleI need to plan for migrating nfs exports to different controllers
Hi, COuld you please let me know what type of planning work i need to do in terms of applications permissions, netgroups etc ? What prerequisiites i need to instruct to Unix team to get them confiugred...
View ArticleCIFS :: Files in use but not shown as locked to another user :: file_handle...
Hello everyone, Today I need some help to solve a strange problem. In our company we recognized issues with files.User A opens a file (excell sheet) and after that User B tries to open the same file....
View ArticlePerformance in HFC
Hi all.Is there a known performance impact if I set up a volume with a high file count? I know there are NetApp documentation where folder structures are mentioned as a potential impact. But what if I...
View ArticleHow to find users for a particular CIFS share
Hi folks,Using 7Mode 8.2.2 is there any way I can see a list of the USERS using a particular CIFS SHARE?Thanks!
View ArticleFile laast accessed by user- CIFS share
Hello everyone, I needed to know as to when a given file was last accessed. We have a File System with sub directories that is shared by multiple users using CIFS protocol - 7 Model. I needed to know...
View ArticleClear showmount -a result
Good day everyone: I just wanted to know how to remove the not active mount points showing in the showmount -a command. The scenario is, in my linux workstation i mounted on our netapp filer:/vol/vol0...
View ArticleHomedir ACL to everyone, is it safe?
Hi everyone,We're implementing netapp homedir and we want to use dynamic CIFS home directories (%w)If all NT user's homedir have the everyone ACL. Security wise, is it the safe to assume no one can hop...
View ArticleClustered Data Ontap 8.3.1: CIFS access issue
Dear Admins, I have a Clustered Data Ontap 8.3.1 two node cluster setup. In this I have two SVMs, namely: svm1 and svm2. I have completed the CIFS server setup but when I try to acces a share, I get a...
View ArticleHow space-allocation option works
Hi everyone, I have a question in the "space-allocation" option in cDOT. As we know, enable "space-allocation" can reclaim space automatically when the host delete data. And the customers have the test...
View Articlenfs gets hung while remounting on Suse linux
Good day everyone We have situation where one of our vfiler has many exports to different subnet with huge capacity of volumes/qtrees but mostly for unix one such qtree has been exported using a...
View ArticleHow can I monitor the creation of files with special extensions?
I would like to monitor (CIFS) if a file ".LOCKY" will be created. So far I've only created a fpolicy to prohibit the creation of ".LOCKY" files. But how could I monitor if one of thoses files will be...
View ArticleCIFS Issues with Microsoft Excel 2010 after migration to cDOT 8.3.1
Hi All, After a recent migration of CIFS files shares from 7-mode 7.3.3 to cDOT 8.3.1 users are experiencing issues with saving Excel 2010 documents on file shares when using Windows 7 Enterprise.They...
View ArticleValidate that a path is valid for a cifs share creation
I'm writing a script to validate that our DR SVM is recoverable, in terms of having the same CIFS properties, shares, access, and user mappings. That said, CIFS shares can be created on any inode, not...
View ArticleSSO authentication for 7-mode and Cluster-mode filers using LDAP,
How to configure SSO authentication for 7-mode and Cluster-mode filers using LDAP, without windows AD. Any configuration info or reference links would. I want configure SSO authentication for 7-mode...
View ArticleMigration scenarios EMC VNX => Netapp FAS 7 mode/Clustered
Hi Could you please share your experiences or advise migration scenarios for NFS/CIFS and LUNs from EMC VNX to Netapp Fas ?Hosts are ESXi, Solaris, RHEL, Windows. Some linux hosts have lvm some...
View ArticleNon-disruptive NFS migration
Hi all, IHAC wants to migrate the NFS data from old filer to new one, is there any way to do the NFS migration non-disruptively? They have more than 200 NFS clients and almost no downtime. Thanks,Jeff...
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