User Guide

Table 4. File system advanced settings for SMB (continued)
Setting Description
Notify on Write Enabled Enable notification when a file system is written to.
This option is disabled by default.
Notify on Access Enabled Enable notification when a file system is accessed.
This option is disabled by default.
Enable SMB Events publishing Enable the processing of SMB events for this file system.
Create an SMB share
You can create an SMB share on a file system that has been created with an SMB-enabled NAS server.
Steps
1. Select Storage > File System > SMB Share.
2. Click Create and continue to work through the Create SMB Share wizard.
Option Description
Select File
System
Select a file system that has been enabled for SMB.
Select a snapshot
of the file system
Optionally, select one of the file system snapshots on which to create the share.
Only snapshots are supported for file system protection policies. Replication is not supported for file
systems.
SMB Share
Details
Enter a name, and local path for the share. When entering the local path:
● You can create multiple shares with the same local path on a single SMB file system. In these cases,
you can specify different host-side access controls for different users, but the shares within the file
system have access to common content.
● A directory must exist before you can create shares on it. If you want the SMB shares within the
same file system to access different content, you must first create a directory on the Windows host
that is mapped to the file system. Then, you can create corresponding shares using PowerStore.
You can also create and manage SMB shares from the Microsoft Management Console.
PowerStore also created the SMB Share path, which uses the host to connect to the share.
The export path is the IP address of the file system, and the name of the share. Hosts use either the
file name or the share path to mount or map to the share from a network host.
Advanced SMB
Properties
Enable one or more of the Advanced SMB Settings.
● Continuous Availability
● Protocol Encryption
● Access-based Enumeration
● Branch Cache Enabled
Decide which objects are available when the share is offline.
For details see
Advanced SMB properties.
Next steps
Once you create a share, you can modify the share from PowerStore or using the Microsoft Management Console.
To modify the share from PowerStore, select the share from the list on the SMB Share page, and click Modify.
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