Nfs Compatibility Issues; Managing Shares; Creating A New Share - HP 345646-001 - StorageWorks NAS 2000s External Storage Server Administration Manual

Folder, Printer, and Share Management

NFS Compatibility Issues

When planning to manage CIFS and NFS shares, consider two specific requirements.
Note:
available in the "UNIX File System Management" chapter.

Managing Shares

Shares can be managed through the Shares menu option of the WebUI. Tasks include:
Each of these tasks is discussed in this section.

Creating a New Share

To create a new share:
1. From WebUI main menu, select the Shares directory and then select the Shares option.
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Further information, including details about the NFS Service and the User Mapping service, is
NFS service does not support spaces in the names for NFS file shares.
NFS translates any spaces in an export into an underscore character. Additional
translations can be set up for files. See the "OEM Supplemental Help" chapter of the SFU
help, found on the NAS 2000s. This feature is designed to ensure the greatest level of
compatibility with NFS clients, because some do not work with NFS exports that contain a
space in the export name.
If you plan to use the same name when sharing a folder through CIFS, and then exporting
it through NFS, do not put spaces in the CIFS share name.
NFS service does not support exporting a child folder when its parent folder has
already been exported.
An NFS client can access a child folder by selecting the parent folder and then navigating
to the child folder. If strict cross-platform compatibility is an administration goal, CIFS
must be managed in the same way. Do not share a folder through CIFS if the parent folder
is already shared.
Creating a new share
Deleting a share
Modifying share properties
The Shares dialog box is displayed. From the Shares dialog box, click New. The General
tab of the Create a New Share dialog box is displayed.
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