HP CIFS Client A.02.02.03 Administrator's Guide

4 Migrating From HP CIFS Client A.01 to A.02
HP CIFS Client A.02.* provides new features and requires only minimal configuration changes to
update in most cases. However, there are some configuration parameter and command option
differences between HP CIFS Client A.01.* versions and HP CIFS Client A.02.* versions. This
chapter describes these differences and provides update procedures so that you can plan and
upgrade your CIFS Client. This chapter contains the following sections:
• “Migrating from version A.01.* to A.02.* of HP CIFS Client” (page 28).
• “Funtionality Differences Between HP CIFS Client A.01.* and A.02.*” (page 29).
• “Configuration Differences Between HP CIFS Client A.01.* and A.02.*” (page 30).
• “Command Option Differences Between HP CIFS Client A.01.* and A.02.*” (page 31).
Migrating from version A.01.* to A.02.* of HP CIFS Client
Special Instructions For Users of HP CIFS Client Versions A.01.*
NOTE: These migration procedures are recommended for users who:
• may want to revert to an A.01.* version of the CIFS Client, or
• use a modified version of the CIFS Client configuration file, or
• utilize mount or user entries in the CIFS Client database
The configuration and user database files used in version A.01.* of CIFS Client are not recognized
by version A.02.*. If you use an A.01.* version of the HP CIFS Client, and you have modified
cifsclient.cfg, or if there are user or mount entries in the CIFS Client database, then follow
these instructions below before updating any A.01.* version to any A.02.* version of the CIFS
Client.
Preserving Data From A.01 Installations
In the following procedure, you save your configuration and database files. An ascii listing of
saved users and mounts in the database also is saved so that you can re-create these entries under
A.02. See the reference for cifsdb, cifsmount, and cifslogin in the “Commandline Utilities”
(page 34) for detailed information on managing database entries in version A.02.
Preserving these data also allows you to reuse it, if you decide to revert to version A.01.
Follow the steps below to save your configuration and database files:
1. Create the backup directory:
$ cd /var/opt/cifsclient
$ mkdir A.01_migration_files
2. Save configuration file to the backup directory. If you do not use a modified version of the
configuration file, you may skip this step.
$ cp /etc/opt/cifsclient/cifsclient.cfg A.01_migration_files/A.01.cfg
3. Use the cifslist -U command to generate an ascii listing of saved user records in database
and to save it to the backup directory. If there are no user records in the database , you may
skip this step (use cifslist -U to check). You can view this list as a reference when
re-creating user database entries under version A.02.
$ cifslist -U > A.01_migration_files/A.01.udb.users.list
4. Use the cifslist -M command to generate an ascii listing of saved mount records in
database and to save it to the backup directory. If there are no mount records in the database,
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