Hi,
this is a good question: must CIFS be licensed to use SnapDrive for Windows?
I've never had the chance to perform some test but I think that the answer is "yes". And you know why: because SnapDrive for Windows needs to 'see' and 'reach' the volume where you create the LUN(s) by CIFS using a UNC path.
It's also true that there a limited CIFS that permit to access to the administrative share C$ but, as example, when I've tried to upgrade a DataOntap using the windows package, without a full CIFS license, the unzip of data failed!
So. Why customer ha sto spend money for an unused license if he needs only SAN functions.
Regards
As a mather of fact, the answer is NO. Netapp allows you to use shares for Snapdrive, without a CIFS license.
The CIFS service needs to be started however and you will receive a CIFS License Violation warning in your syslog messages every time you access the share, but you can safely ignore it.
Grtz, Tom
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From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Milazzo Giacomo Sent: donderdag 8 mei 2008 9:04 To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: SnapDrive for Windows & CIFS
Hi,
this is a good question: must CIFS be licensed to use SnapDrive for Windows?
I've never had the chance to perform some test but I think that the answer is "yes". And you know why: because SnapDrive for Windows needs to 'see' and 'reach' the volume where you create the LUN(s) by CIFS using a UNC path.
It's also true that there a limited CIFS that permit to access to the administrative share C$ but, as example, when I've tried to upgrade a DataOntap using the windows package, without a full CIFS license, the unzip of data failed!
So. Why customer ha sto spend money for an unused license if he needs only SAN functions.
Regards
Hi Milazzo,
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Milazzo Giacomo G.Milazzo@sinergy.it wrote:
Hi,
this is a good question: must CIFS be licensed to use SnapDrive for Windows?
I am uncertain if it's a legal requirement, but technically it is not. You can set up CIFS in a 'limited mode', where the C$, ETC$ and RPC are available. RPC is what SnapDrive uses for interaction with the filer, in combination with the API, IIRC.
This way you can access the C$ and ETC$ share, however it is limited to reading/writing config files, firmware updates etc.
IIt's also true that there a limited CIFS that permit to access to the administrative share C$ but, as example, when I've tried to upgrade
Use the 'software install' or 'software upgrade' command to upgrade in this way, that way you won't get any errors about CIFS being limited, and the 'software upgrade' command adds in a package verification so that you know everything actually downloaded correctly before beginning the actual upgrade.
HTH & HAND,
Nils
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De Wit Tom (Consultant) -
Milazzo Giacomo -
Nils Vogels