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Multiple CIFS shares backed by a single folder

shocko — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:20:53 GMT

I have a CIFS volume with a particular folder shared out as ShareA for example. I have a specific business requirement to also share this same path out as ShareB. The permissions at the share level would be the same and obviously at the NTFS level will have to be the same as they both reference the same folder. Is this possible on OnTap Clustered Mode 9.3? Is there some way of using a share alas to achieve this?

Re: Multiple CIFS shares backed by a single folder

SpindleNinja — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:17:08 GMT

Can't say I ever did that before, but I tested it in my 9.8 lab and it worked.

Question is why?

Re: Multiple CIFS shares backed by a single folder

shocko — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:08:50 GMT

I'm using 9.3 C-mode. Can you outline how you did this (UI or CLI etc.) ?

Re: Multiple CIFS shares backed by a single folder

SpindleNinja — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:15:43 GMT

I just did the CLI. You can try the GUI. I was able to copy / delete files through both of them.

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-93/vserver-cifs-share-create.html

Also, I wanted to note that any locking will be honored if anyone connects via the other share. So if user 1 is editing a file on share1 and user 2 goes in via share2 it'll be locked / ro.

Re: Multiple CIFS shares backed by a single folder

shocko — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 20:22:48 GMT

Awesome! Thanks.