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This situation also applies to Matrix File Shares. If a Virtual File

Share and a Matrix File Share have the same name and are using

any of the same nodes, they must be configured identically.

Path: Type the location of the Virtual File Share (such as y:\). This is

typically the drive letter or path assigned to the PSFS filesystem that will

be accessed via this share.

Share subdirectories: Check this box to share all subdirectories that are

one level under the specified path. CIFS clients can then attach directly to

the subdirectories. (Subdirectories that are two or more levels below the

path will not be shared.)

Comment: If desired, enter a description of the Virtual File Share.

User Limit: This value specifies the number of users that will be allowed

to access the Virtual File Share simultaneously. Maximum is the system

maximum, which is limited by the available memory. To specify a

different number of users, select Allow and then type the number of users

to be given access.

Access: Check this box to enable the Access-based Enumeration feature

provided with Windows 2003 Service Pack 1. This feature allows users to

see only the files and folders to which they have access on a file share.

Probe Configuration: The Virtual File Share monitor periodically probes

the health of the Virtual File Share on the node where the Virtual CIFS

Server is active. The timeout is the maximum amount of time that will be

waited for the probe to complete. The default value is five seconds.

The frequency is the interval of time, in seconds, at which the monitor

probes the Virtual File Share. The default setting is 10 seconds.

NOTE: The probe behavior of the Virtual File Share monitor differs from

the behavior of the service monitors provided with Matrix Server.

In Matrix Server, the monitor probes the associated service on all

nodes on which it is configured. The Virtual File Share Monitor

probes only on the node where the Virtual CIFS Server is active.

When you click OK, the Virtual File Share appears on the Servers, Virtual

Hosts, and Applications tabs.