Create a Clustered Data ONTAP Qtree CIFS Share
Goal
This
workflow will create a qtree on a Clustered ONTAP volume and export it over
CIFS. This will include:
·
Creation
of a qtree in the user specified volume on the selected Storage Virtual
Machine.
·
Creation
of a CIFS share on the qtree path.
·
Add
applicable Access Control Lists for the new share.
Share
Details Input parameters:
Many
of the user inputs for the Share Details in this workflow are selected from
what is available in your environment.
1)
Cluster (required) The Clustered ONTAP storage system that hosts the Storage
Virtual Machine and the volume where you would like to create the new Share.
The drop-down list identifies both the
name of the Cluster and its Primary IP Address
2)
Storage Virtual Machine (required) The Storage Virtual Machine that hosts the
Share volume
The drop-down list identifies all the
Data Storage Virtual Machines in the selected Cluster
3)
Storage Virtual Machine Details Displays the relevant attributes of the
Storage Virtual Machine. This just provides additional information of the
Storage Virtual Machine chosen in the previous step:
·
State
of the Storage Virtual Machine. Ensure that the state of the selected Storage
Virtual Machine is 'running'
·
Indicates
whether CIFS is an allowed protocol on the Storage Virtual Machine. Ensure that
it is allowed.
·
Indicates
if CIFS service is up on the Storage Virtual Machine. Ensure that it is up.
4)
Volume (required) The volume where you would like the new qtree and share
created. The volumes assigned to the selected Storage Virtual Machine
will be displayed along with the volumes Total Size, Used Size and Junction
Path
5)
Share Name (required) The name of the CIFS share. A qtree will be provisioned
with the same name.
6)
Share Comment (optional) A description for a CIFS share for CIFS clients to
see when browsing the shares
Access
Control Lists Input parameters:
The
Access Control List user inputs identify the security permissions for the newly
created Share. It is not mandatory to provide Access Control List inputs
in order for the Share to be created. If not provided, then ACLs will not be
configured on the CIFS share. They can be configured at a latter point of time.
1)
Users with full control Comma separated list of users or groups with full
control permission on the CIFS share.
2)
Users who can change Comma separated list of users or groups with change
permission on the CIFS share.
3)
Users who can read Comma separated list of users or groups with read
permission on the CIFS share.
4)
Users with no access Comma separated list of users or groups with no_access
permission on the CIFS share.
Result
The
workflow will result in creating a new Clustered ONTAP qtree, which will host a
CIFS Share. The new Share will be created in the Clustered ONTAP system
based on the user inputs, and will be available to the users and groups
identified.
Error
Handling
1)
The
workflow can fail if the provided user is not part of the CIFS domain to which
the Storage Virtual Machine belongs to. Ensure that the users listed in Access
Control Lists are valid users in the CIFS domain.