I don't know about that, I've only just become aware that it can be used and we're on version 7.0.0.1. And I know that I couldn't get it to work before switching on the snapshots using that command. Interestingly enough, and I've not got back to NetApp about this yet, I turned it off again - as I'm still not sure about providing this facility - and it still works. But it definately didn't before turning on that setting. Now that I've switched it off again I keep expecting the facility to disappear, I've been waiting to see what happens.
Regards,
Iain Barnetson IT Systems Administrator UKN Infrastructure Operations
-----Original Message----- From: Sto Rage(c) [mailto:netbacker@gmail.com] Sent: 17 March 2005 16:16 To: Iain Barnetson Cc: toasters@mathworks.com; Bailey, Jourdan Subject: Re: Windows Shadow Copy Client & Snapshots
Oh so it means in 7.0.0.1 the behaviour is different from how it is in 6.5.3. We are running 6.5.3P4 and have that option turned off and STILL users with Windows Shadow Copy Client can see the previous versions of their files and folders. We deliberately turned off showing the snapshots on CIFS because our users were confused about it (most of them have "show hidden files" option turned on). We installed the shadow copy client on their machines to help them do the restores themselves without the hassle of them "seeing" multiple copies of the same files when they do a search or browse through their shares and folders. The Shadow copy client was perfect for our needs - no ~snapshot folders visible, yet users can restore previous versions by themselves.
NOTE: Even with show_snapshot set to off in 6.5.3, one can go into the snapshot folders by manually typing in the path, e.g: \<filername><share_name><dir_name>~snapshot\ either in the Run command box or widnows explorer. This would show the traditional snapshot folders.
One more reason for us to stay away from 7.0.0.1 for now. Hope NetApp reverts the behaviour back to how it was in 6.5 and earlier versions. Would they consider this as a bug ?
-G
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:22:49 -0000, Iain Barnetson Iain.Barnetson@halliburton.com wrote:
You may remember I emailed asking about using Windows Shadow Copy Client as I couldn't see any snapshots. My config is Filer: Data OnTap 7.0.0.1 Clients: Windows XP sp1 & sp2 Snapshots were set to visible from the web gui
Jourdan Bailey of NetApp found the solution that resolved the problem and allowed us to use the Win Shadow Copy client: options cifs.show_snapshot on
Regards,
Iain Barnetson IT Systems Administrator UKN Infrastructure Operations