For the record (because it was something new to me). First, I had problems accessing administrative shares (c$, etc$); I could access other shares. Sorry for not mentioning that. Initially this simulator was setup using /etc/passwd authentication. In this mode administrative shares get set to no access at all: ETC$         /etc                              Remote Administration                         ** priv access only ** ntapcs3954 states: only root or administrator  on the filer may access the particular shares As far as I can tell, that is true for all shares, except administrative shares. For these two particular shares I get the following behaviour: if root volume is set to unix security, I cannot even connect to share, I always get password request if root volume is set to ntfs security, I am able to connect but am not able to access directory in any way I repeat - this happens only for c$ and etc$, only if security for etc$ and/or c$ is set to No Access which happens only if you configure filer to use password authentication. If filer is initially set to workgroup or better, access is automatically set to BUILTIN\Administrators Full Control. But part of problem is, re-running cifs setup does not change existing shares (unless you have deleted them), so even though I had changed filer to workgroup shares remained stuck in No Access mode. So it looks like either a bug or some undocumented feature. If it works as intended, would be nice if someone updated ntapcs3954 to clearly state it. ... View more

If that was question, I am sorry but I missed it. Yes, I created local administrator user during cifs setup, I used option 3 as indicated in subject and I assigned password to administrator user. ... View more

I tested this using DOT 7.3.2, W2k8R2 with SMB2 enabled as non-admin user (member of Domain Users). If cifs.show_snapshot is disabled (off) - which is default: no ~snapshot directory is visible, so it is never copied into offline files user is able to use Previous versions tab in Explorer to access snapshots users are still able to access snapshots by using explicit path names (they must know snapshot names for that) If cifs.show_snapshot is enabled (on), ~snapshot directory is indeed visible in share root. It is not visible under any subfolder, so - assuming you absolutely need this configuration - workaround is to mark individual subfolder(s) available offline instead of whole share. So I'd say default filer configuration perfectly fits your requirements. If not, please show exact CIFS options settings, volume options and describe your offline folder configuration. Get a look at kb45680 as well, it describes various combinations of options to control snapshot visibility. ... View more

You are right, at least for CIFS shares this works fine for normal user (tested under W2k8R2). Per kb45680 user needs at least Read share level permission, but she will likely need it anyway to access share. I do not know where I got this idea; may be it was true in the past or may be it applies to FCP/iSCSI only. ... View more

Have you tried creating a local user account on the filer. Of course. Sorry for not mentioning it, but I thought it was obvious I try to map drive using local account on filer (filer_name\administrator). This fails - on client (Vista) side I awlays get password prompt. User is default administrator created during CIFS setup. ... View more

Downside of "Previous versions" is that user has to be in Administrators group (at least this was the case with WinXP). By default .snapshot directory is not visible. It means when user initially requests share be available offline, it won't include snapshots. But now I wonder what happens when user explicitly enters into ...\~snapshot ... have to test. ... View more

It does indeed. Thank you! ... View more

exactly how much -p helps with snapshot deltas That I can answer reallocate -p has zero impact on volume snapshot size. I'd add to your list interaction with VSM. Data transferred after reallocate will be defragmented; but after reallocate -p - not (at least if I correctly understand how it works). This may need to be taken in account if destination is often used for tasks like backup verification. ... View more

This request makes no sense. Software that was packaged as SAN Foundation Kit for Solaris 9 and below is now part of base operating system in Solaris 10. So requirement should be either specific driver version or specific Solaris 10 update level. ... View more

I am sorry, but how does it answer my question? Thank you for trying anyway ... View more

if the company sells the system then the license is no longer valid Do you have any pointers to NetApp documentation to illustrate it? ... View more

my understanding ... is that software Licenses are tied to the serial number and are non-transferrable.  If a system is sold from one company to another, the new company needs to buy the licenses. These two statements contradict each other. If license is tied to serial number, then moving serial number (to another company) will automatically move license. Actually this is exactly what happens when you transfer ownership on NOW. The question is of course whether company (not being NetApp reseller) can legally sell NetApp equipment ... this starts with the question - to use NetApp support new owner company must be registered on NOW as a customer; I do not think third-party seller on ebay is able to do it ... View more

That's what I would expect too, but as mentioned there is no clear statement anywhere in documentation which I have seen (training, DOT manuals, TR, various presentations on fieldportal). I'd love someone from NetApp to confirm it ... View more

To my knowledge the only major functional difference between NetApp DSM and MS DSM on 2008 is support of mixed FCP/iSCSI access to LUN (requires NetApp DSM). Correction: of course NetApp DSM supports more failover modes and can be used without ALUA. Message was edited by: aborzenkov ... View more

Check zoning; check library settings (some libraries may offer configuration of access restrictions, similar to LUN masking). It could also be this bug: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=197075 ... View more

Have you tried to press RETURN on console at this point? What is on LCD? If root aggregate were missing filer would reboot, not freeze. ... View more

Well, this asks for NetApp product serial number. Obviously, simulator does not have one ... View more

Log that you pasted does not show any error (except PS which is benign). What exactly happens after the last message? You can remove shelf if it is self-contained (i.e. aggregate contains only disks in this shelf). If shelf contains root volume, filer won't boot. If some aggregate has disks in this shelf and another one, aggregate will come up incomplete and you won't be able access data in it. Again, if it is root aggregate, filer won't boot. ... View more