CIFS share without Qtree?

vaidotas — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:24:16 GMT

Hello,

I have one already configured SAN with a CIFS share which is used by DFS. I am trying to do the same path structure on the other SAN. From my understanding of what I have read on CIFS share set up instructions, without adding Qtrees I would be unable to make a share. However on the old SAN I cannot find any Qtrees although the shares are present there.

Couple of screenshots of the old SAN (some names were deliberately hidden):

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=DB633C784D5D464!86845&authkey=!AH8FNicH-bLOiVc&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=DB633C784D5D464!86847&authkey=!ADOdt-CPGGfdygM&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=DB633C784D5D464!86844&authkey=!ADZBqYJP3g2evLw&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=DB633C784D5D464!86848&authkey=!ADlYHFKhBRBlhYw&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng

Could somebody give me suggestions how it was possibly done on the old SAN?

Thank you

OnCommand System Manager, ONTAP 8.3, FAS2552.

Re: CIFS share without Qtree?

rwelshman — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:18:01 GMT

You can create a CIFS share on the volume level. There's no requirement for a qtree.

Re: CIFS share without Qtree?

asulliva — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:06:05 GMT

Hi @vaidotas,

The CIFS/SMB Configuration Express Guide walks through setting up shares with clustered Data ONTAP in a concise manner (25 pages vs hundreds...). You might want to give it a read here.

Hope that helps!

Andrew

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