Tried this once - Seemed to work well.

Use the tool downloadable from Now.Netapp to create the link.

Took a while to figure out how to get rid of the link when it was not required anymore (used priv set advanced mode).

Currently not using any simlinks on CIFS anymore.

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From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Joel.Cooper@lvvwd.com
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 9:45 AM
To: owner-toasters@mathworks.com; toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: symbolic links / wide links

Is anyone using symbolic links/widelinks with their filer in a cifs environment?

Have you experienced any problems? Any suggestions?