Additional information about creating an SMB share

Virtual Storage Platform One File Administrator User Guide

Version

1.7.x

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-24VSP1F003-10

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2026-07-13

The following table describes the additional information required to create an SMB share:

Setting	Description
Show Snapshots	Show and Allow Access: Shows and allows access to snapshots. Hide and Allow Access: Hides snapshots, but allows access to the hidden snapshots. Hide and Disable Access: Hides and does not allow access to snapshots.
Cache Options	To alter the caching option (Offline Files Access), select the new value from the Cache Options list. Manual Local Caching for Documents. The manual mode permits the user to specify individual files required for offline access. This operation guarantees a user can obtain access to the specified files whether online or offline. Automatic Local Caching for Documents. This automatic mode is applied for all non-executable files on the entire share. When a user accesses any non-executable file in this share, it is made available to the user for offline access. This operation does not guarantee that a user can access all the non-executable files because only those files that have been used at least once are cached. Automatic can also be defined for programs. Automatic Local Caching for Programs. The Automatic mode is applied for all executable files on the entire share. When a user accesses any executable file in this share, it is made available to the user for offline access. This operation does not guarantee that a user can access all the executable files because only those executable files that have been used at least once are cached. Local Caching Disabled. No caching of files or folders occurs.
Transfer to Object Replication Target	When a file system is recovered from a snapshot, one of the final steps is to import the SMB shares found in the snapshot representing the selected version of the file system. Only those SMB shares marked as transferable are imported. Specify one of the following: Use FS default: Defaults to the setting for the file system Transfer Access Points During Object Replication setting (enabled or disabled). Transfer: SMB shares are transferred to recovered file systems. Do not transfer: SMB shares are not be transferred to recovered file systems.
Access Configuration	IP addresses of the clients who can access the share. To secure and control access to shared resources, follow these guidelines when specifying the IP addresses of the clients that can access them: Guidelines for entering values in the Access Configuration box.
Follow Symbolic Links	Enables the following of symlinks on the share.
Follow Global Symbolic Links	Enables to follow global (absolute) symlinks using the Microsoft^® DFS mechanism for this share.
Force Filename to be Lowercase	Forces all filenames generated on this share to be lowercase. This is useful for interoperability of UNIX applications.
Enable ABE	Access-based Enumeration (ABE) is a Microsoft^® feature that displays only the files and folders that a user has permissions to access. When a user does not have access permissions for a file or a folder, Windows^® hides the folder from the user. This feature is active only in an SMB share. Note: Enabling ABE can impact SMB performance.
Enable Virus Scanning	Enabling virus scanning for an SMB share scans the files within the share for viruses when a user accesses the file. Virus scanning can be enabled for each EVS. If virus scanning is enable for the EVS that hosts the file system pointed to by the share, it will be automatically enabled when the share is created. If you have not enabled virus scanning, you can enable it later for each EVS.
Ensure Share Continuously Available	Enables persistent file handles and transparent failover on the SMB share. Windows-based clients can continuously access the SMB share if a network or cluster node fails. For example, if one cluster node fails, the client transparently migrates to another cluster node without any interruption to the client applications. This SMB3 option is available only in a clustered environment of more than one cluster node, and is disabled by default. Note: Share Continuous Availability should be enabled only where required, like with Microsoft Hyper-V or Microsoft SQL Server, as it affects SMB performance. It is recommended to disable DDNS on the server when using this feature. If the file system is designated as an object replication target, continuous availability is only achieved after promoting the file system.

Use the following guidelines to enter the IP addresses of users who can access the share.

Guidelines for entering values in the Access Configuration box

Use the following guidelines to enter the IP addresses of users who can access the share.

Value	Description
Blank or `` Partial addresses using wildcards. Example: `10.168..*` Clients with matching addresses can access the share.	All users can access the share.
Specific addresses Example: `10.168.20.2`	Users with the specified IP address can access the share.
Specific address range Example: `10.168.20.0/16`	Users with an IP address within the specified IP address range (10.168.20.0 to 10.168.20.255) can access the share.
Partial addresses using wildcards Example: `10.168..`	Users with matching addresses can access the share.