Hi,
we moved our Profiles, Users & Group CIFS shares from a Netapp MetroCluster to a Windows Storage Server Cluster (don't ask why, management decision).
everything is working fine so far, but now we want to archive unused files using CommVault Simpana. It works with newly created files but fails with files copied from Netapp.
after a lot of testing we found out that the problem is a hidden extended attribut called ".NETAPP". we tried to copy the files to different location in the hopes that the copy will forget about the attribute but magically the hidden attribute follows the file where ever it goes.
the only tool so far the can display this attribute is "FileTest". In the GUI I can remove the attribute but when I try the commit the change I get permission denied even with Domain Admin privileges.
I know this is not exactly a Netapp issue but the name of the attribute suggests that Netapp was involved. does anybody have an idea how to remove this attribute from the files? BTW: there are 10 million files to be archived, so a manual solution is interesting but probably would take months to implement.
Thanks for your feedback
Bernhard