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Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

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Create a CIFS snapshot

Create a snapshot CIFS (SMB) share.

Format

/prot/snap/cifs create [-async] -name <value> [-descr <value>] -snap <value> -path <value> [-enableContinuousAvailability {yes | no} ] [-enableCIFSEncryption {yes | no } ] [-umask <value> ] [-enableABE {yes | no} ] [-enableBranchCache {yes | no} ] [-offlineAvailability {none | documents | programs | manual} ]

Action qualifier

QualifierDescription
-asyncRun the operation in asynchronous mode.
-nameType the username of the share.
-descrType the description of the share.
-snapType the snapshot to associate the share with.
-pathType the path on which to mount the shared file system.
-enableContinuousAvailabilitySpecify whether continuous availability is enabled.
-enableCIFSEncryptionSpecify whether CIFS encryption is enabled.
-umask Type the default Unix umask for new files created on the share.
-enableABE Specify if Access-based Enumeration is enabled. Valid values are:
  • yes
  • no (default)
-enableBranchCacheSpecify if BranchCache is enabled. Valid values are:
  • yes
  • no (default)
-offlineAvailabilitySpecify the type of offline availability. Valid values are:
  • none (default) — Prevents clients from storing documents and programs in offline cache.
  • documents — Allows all files that clients open to be available offline.
  • programs — Allows all programs and files that clients open to be available offline. Programs and files will open from offline cache, even when connected to the network.
  • manual — Allows only specified files to be available offline.

Example

The following command takes a snapshot of a file system with these settings:

  • Name is CIFSshare.
  • Description is “My share.”
  • Snapshot is "cifssnap1"
  • Path is /.
uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /prot/snap/cifs create –name CIFSshare -descr “My share” -snap cifssnap1 -path / 
Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = cifs_1
Operation completed successfully.

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