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Enabling the SMB metadata cache

You can improve SMB performance for SMB 1.0 clients by enabling the SMB metadata cache. By default, SMB metadata caching is disabled.

Perform the desired action:
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Enable SMB metadata caching when you create a sharevserver cifs share create -vserver vserver_name -share-name share_name -path path -share-properties attributecache
Enable SMB metadata caching on an existing sharevserver cifs share properties add -vserver vserver_name -share-name share_name -share-properties attributecache