Hi Mike,
Try this URL, replacing your_filer with the name of a filer running OnTap 5.x on your network,
http://your_filer/na_admin/man/na_options.1.html http://your_filer/na_admin/man/na_options.1.html
I included the relevant section below which I hope answers your question. The answer in my mind being that you should keep this option set to FALSE and then the NT backup programs will not backup multiple copies of your filesystem :)
cifs.show_snapshot By default this option is FALSE. The snapshot directory ~snapshot is no longer shown at the root of a share. This is a change in behavior from previous versions. Setting this to TRUE will restore the old behavior. On Windows NT 4 or Windows 95 clients, the user can access snapshots by entering \filer\share.snapshot (or ~snapshot or ~snapsht) in the Start->Run menu. Snapshots can also be accessed lower in the share by providing a path to a lower directory. Snapshots can be accessed through DOS on any system by changing to the ~snapsht directory.
NOTE: When this option is TRUE it can confuse programs like FastFind that don't know about snapshots.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Ball [mailto:mball@rtp.opensystems.com] Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 11:52 AM To: toasters@mathworks. com Subject: NT backups and snapshots on a F760
Running NT 4.0
Backup programs: Backup Exec, Arcserve IT or NT Backup
If I am backing up a F760 filer which only has one qtree with NTFS security and the root volume is setup for NTFS security. If I map the filer C$ from a NT server and backup the filer from this mapped drive where I can see the ~snapshot directory, will snapshot be backed up by the NT backup programs I have listed above? If so how much data will the backups contain (-ex- The active file systems plus the snapshgots)?