I created a share on an F740 (Ontap 6.0.1R3) and am trying to map a drive from a CIFS client (Windows 2000) automatically at logon point. I have no problems mapping the drive once I am logged on but would like it so that when a user logs onto the 2000 machine the drive gets mapped automatically. I have followed the microsoft suggestion which is copying the autoexnt, instexnt and servmess.dll files to the winnt/system32 root. I have also created a batch file whcih contains the following line 'net use j: \filer\x03. I have tried the starting the service with the local account and also the administrators account but still nothing. I have also added another command to the batch file (md test) and when the service is started it creates the directory test but does not map the drive. Is their anyone out there who has experienced the same problem?
Thanks, Shaun Technical Services 416-235-2122 sdolive@ngco.com
try filer homedir options?
sdolive@ngco.com wrote:
I created a share on an F740 (Ontap 6.0.1R3) and am trying to map a drive from a CIFS client (Windows 2000) automatically at logon point. I have no problems mapping the drive once I am logged on but would like it so that when a user logs onto the 2000 machine the drive gets mapped automatically. I have followed the microsoft suggestion which is copying the autoexnt, instexnt and servmess.dll files to the winnt/system32 root. I have also created a batch file whcih contains the following line 'net use j: \filer\x03. I have tried the starting the service with the local account and also the administrators account but still nothing. I have also added another command to the batch file (md test) and when the service is started it creates the directory test but does not map the drive. Is their anyone out there who has experienced the same problem?
Thanks, Shaun Technical Services 416-235-2122 sdolive@ngco.com
Hi,
I have ever encounter this before, but later I found out that it is the network. It happen that the services autoexnt started before the network is up. Therefore it is not able to map. I will suggest you do a constant ping to the network of the server and check how long does the network need to be up. And also by using this autoexnt as service to map to filer, you will require to add an entry in the usermap.cfg,
eg. 10.10.20.19:"" => domserver
and domserver is in the /etc/passwd file. This will create a null user connection and making the particular mapped drive to be a remote disk. This is usually use for Lotus Notes as stated in the white paper.
-----Original Message----- From: sdolive@ngco.com To: toasters@mathworks.com Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:22:18 -0400 Subject: automatic drive mapping from a cifs client to the filer...
I created a share on an F740 (Ontap 6.0.1R3) and am trying to map a drive from a CIFS client (Windows 2000) automatically at logon point. I have no problems mapping the drive once I am logged on but would like it so that when a user logs onto the 2000 machine the drive gets mapped automatically. I have followed the microsoft suggestion which is copying the autoexnt, instexnt and servmess.dll files to the winnt/system32 root. I have also created a batch file whcih contains the following line 'net use j: \filer\x03. I have tried the starting the service with the local account and also the administrators account but still nothing. I have also added another command to the batch file (md test) and when the service is started it creates the directory test but does not map the drive. Is their anyone out there who has experienced the same problem?
Thanks, Shaun Technical Services 416-235-2122 sdolive@ngco.com
My autoexnt.bat file looks like this: -------- c:\winnt\system32\net start workstation c:\winnt\system32\net use n: \10.3.1.10\dom3a c:\winnt\system32\net start "Lotus Domino Server (lotusdominodata)" --------
The first line starts up networking, and the second maps the drive. (The third starts up the Domino service). This way, you are sure that networking is up before you try to map the drive.
I'm sure this technique is somewhere in the documentation on how to run Domino on a NetApp, as Alfred Lim said.
Jordan
-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]On Behalf Of Alfred Lim Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:15 AM To: sdolive@ngco.com; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: automatic drive mapping from a cifs client to the filer...
Hi,
I have ever encounter this before, but later I found out that it is the network. It happen that the services autoexnt started before the network is up. Therefore it is not able to map. I will suggest you do a constant ping to the network of the server and check how long does the network need to be up. And also by using this autoexnt as service to map to filer, you will require to add an entry in the usermap.cfg,
eg. 10.10.20.19:"" => domserver
and domserver is in the /etc/passwd file. This will create a null user connection and making the particular mapped drive to be a remote disk. This is usually use for Lotus Notes as stated in the white paper.
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