topic Re: NetApp XCP Workgroup Environment Support in Data Protection

NetApp XCP Workgroup Environment Support

shirotan — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:53:48 GMT

I would like to use NetApp XCP to migrate data in a workgroup environment.
I think this is possible if I run it without adding -acl, but are workgroup environments not supported?

Re: NetApp XCP Workgroup Environment Support

chamfer — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:40:28 GMT

@shirotan ,

I don't see why it wouldn't work if you meet these requirements:

XCP SMB host user must meet the following requirements for the data migration

XCP host system:
- An XCP host user must have administrator privilege
- Add the XCP host user to the local administrators group
Target storage system:
- XCP host user must have read and write access
- XCP host user must be part of the "BUILTIN\Administrators" group on the target SMB server
Source storage system:

If the user is part of the “Backup Operators” group in the source storage system, the members of this group can read files while bypassing the security rules, regardless of any permissions that protect those files.
If the user is not part of the “Backup Operators” group in the source system, the user must have read access.

Note: Write permission is required in the source storage system to support the XCP option -preserve-atime

Reference: What are XCP SMB host user requirements? - NetApp Knowledge Base

Re: NetApp XCP Workgroup Environment Support

shirotan — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:24:19 GMT

The link below has Active Directory requirements.

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/xcp/xcp-install-xcp-smb.html

Special Requirements:

The source storage system, XCP host, and the target ONTAP system must be part of same Active Directory domain