topic LUN to CIFS share conversion in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/LUN-to-CIFS-share-conversion/m-p/54620#M5065 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All, </P><P>We have few 1 TBs LUNS which are allocated to one of our server, which houses home/dedicated shares and etc..</P><P>i would like to know the best practices to convert a LUN to CIFS share. ( i don want to copy whole data again to a new volume and share it out. )</P><P>thanks in advance</P><P>vj</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:18:30 GMT VKALVEMULA 2025-06-05T06:18:30Z LUN to CIFS share conversion https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/LUN-to-CIFS-share-conversion/m-p/54620#M5065 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All, </P><P>We have few 1 TBs LUNS which are allocated to one of our server, which houses home/dedicated shares and etc..</P><P>i would like to know the best practices to convert a LUN to CIFS share. ( i don want to copy whole data again to a new volume and share it out. )</P><P>thanks in advance</P><P>vj</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:18:30 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/LUN-to-CIFS-share-conversion/m-p/54620#M5065 VKALVEMULA 2025-06-05T06:18:30Z Re: LUN to CIFS share conversion https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/LUN-to-CIFS-share-conversion/m-p/54625#M5066 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There is no other way besides host based copy from LUN to share.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:48:33 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/LUN-to-CIFS-share-conversion/m-p/54625#M5066 aborzenkov 2012-09-22T04:48:33Z Re: LUN to CIFS share conversion https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/LUN-to-CIFS-share-conversion/m-p/54630#M5067 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>map the share on the same Server where you have the LUN ... use "Robocopy" to transfer the data.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:02:57 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/LUN-to-CIFS-share-conversion/m-p/54630#M5067 kuber 2012-09-22T07:02:57Z