HP CIFS Server 3.0d Administrator's Guide version A.02.02 (Edition 5)

Configuring HA HP CIFS
Special Notes for HA HP CIFS Server
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If you wish to use an LMHOSTS file to store the static addresses for
certain netbios names, HP recommends that you put the LMHOSTS
file on a logical shared volume. To do this you will need to specify a
different path for the LMHOSTS file using the -H option when
invoking nmbd. HP recommends that you put the LMHOSTS file on
a logical shared volume so that all the nodes can share it.
You will need to edit the MC/ServiceGuard scripts to add the -H
options to the places where nmbd is invoked directly. You will also
need to edit the /opt/samba/bin/startsmb script to add the -H
option to the places where nmbd is started.
• Utilities
In the MC/SG cluster environment, some utilities need to specify the
location of the smb.conf file for the package. For example:
smbpasswd -c /etc/opt/samba/pkg1/smb.conf.pkg1 -a \
username
smbclient -s /etc/opt/samba/pkg1/smb.conf.pkg1 \
//ha_server1/lvm1a -c ls
testparm -s /etc/opt/samba/pkg1/smb.conf.pkg1
smbstatus -s /etc/opt/samba/pkg1/smb.conf.pkg1
• Veritas Cluster File System (CFS)
Veritas CFS permits concurrent file access from multiple nodes.
Since HP CIFS Server is not cluster-aware you should use extra
caution when configuring CIFS Server in a clustered environment.
See Chapter 2, section "Special Concerns when Using HP CIFS on a
Clustered File System".