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Shares

You can use Storage Manager to create, edit, and manage shares.

  • Creating a CIFS share
    You can use Storage Manager to create a CIFS share that enables you to specify the folder, qtree, or volume that CIFS users can access.
  • Creating home directory shares
    You can use Storage Manager to create a home directory share and to manage home directory search paths.
  • Editing share settings
    You can use Storage Manager to modify the settings of a share such as the symbolic link settings, share access permissions of users or groups, and the type of access to the share. You can also enable or disable continuous availability of a share over Hyper-V, and enable or disable access-based enumeration (ABE). Starting with Storage Manager 9.6, continuous availability is supported for FlexGroup volumes.
  • How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
    ONTAP home directories enable you to configure an SMB share that maps to different directories based on the user that connects to it and a set of variables. Instead of creating separate shares for each user, you can configure one share with a few home directory parameters to define a user's relationship between an entry point (the share) and the home directory (a directory on the SVM).