topic Re: CIFS Server Name different from Netapp Hostname in Network and Storage Protocols

CIFS Server Name different from Netapp Hostname

__ANIMESH129_15964 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:28:49 GMT

Customer has a Win2000 fileserver and wants to migrate the data to a CIFS share on the FAS2050C.

The FAS2050 has joined the NT4 domain and customer is able to define shares from the Miscrosoft MMC.

However, in the NT4 domain, it shows up with the FAS Hostname. Which is what we gave during cifs-setup.

My Query is:

Is it possible to have the CIFS name different from the FAS hostname?

If yes, what are the pros and cons of doing such a thing?

Is it a FAS level command change or a Windows Domain level configuration?

Pardon my ignorance, never worked on windows!!!

Also, for migration will

#robocopy \\source \\destination /DCOPY:T /COPYALL /MIR /S .............do the trick for us ( robocopy version XP026 to be installed on windows 2000)

Re: CIFS Server Name different from Netapp Hostname

amiller_1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:40:20 GMT

To answer the questions.....

Sure -- completely possible to have them be different.
Cons are mainly just your own sanity in remember what is what.
To change the FAS hostname, just run through the "setup" script gain. To change the CIFS name, run through "cifs setup" again (both on the console).

Re: CIFS Server Name different from Netapp Hostname

tyeoman_swinton — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:39:08 GMT

Hi,

If you go down the netbios name / DNS route, make sure your old fileserver is removed from the domain entirely and not just change its ip address etc. once data is migrated otherwise your clients will not point to the filer.

Of course the cost option is multistore...

Re: CIFS Server Name different from Netapp Hostname

rogilvieisc — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:03:59 GMT

Further to the above question, is it possible to host multiple CIFS server names from the same NSeries system - without using addon products such as VFM. I usually use DNS CNAMEs to redirect old windows file servers, but in this specific case it cannot be done.

I'm pretty sure the answer is no, I will need VFM but I just wanted to make sure there wasn't another way I haven't thought of.

I would like to keep all data in the same volume (for dedupe reasons), and there will be multiple server names which all have the same shares, i.e:

fileserver1/data

fileserver2/data

fileserver3/data

fileserver4/data

thank you,

Ross

Re: CIFS Server Name different from Netapp Hostname

tyeoman_swinton — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:15:28 GMT

Unless you can do something groovy with DNS aliases, I think this probably is a VFM job...

Re: CIFS Server Name different from Netapp Hostname

KONAGRILL — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:37:45 GMT

This has been tested on Data ONTAP software release 7.3.2.

To change the CIFS share name, follow the steps below:

1. Login to the controler that you would like to have a different "Server Name" via the Web.

2. Select FilerView

3. Select CIFS

4. Select Configure

5. Select Options

6. Under NetBIOS Aliases, enter the names, seperated by commas that you would like to represent your Filer.

7. Once entered, select Apply

8. Login to the console and preform the following command: "cifs nbalias load"

You should now be able to see all shares of the filer when using any of the names entered