SLES 11.x CIFS compatability with NetApp filer

We are having an issue where one of our applcations is not playing well with mounts from a NetApp filer. The vendor says that there is an issue with the implementation of CIFS in SLES > 10.3 and that we should go back to 10.3 (not an option), try NFS (but we lose all of the Windows ACLs), or go to a different OS, such as RedHat.

I’d like to verify - has anyone heard of any issues with the CIFS implementation as it pertains to mounted shares from a NetApp filer?

thanks all in advance.

mluevane wrote:
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The vendor says that there is an issue
with the implementation of CIFS in SLES > 10.3 and that we should go
back to 10.3 (not an option)[/color]

SLES11-SP3 is the current release. As a first step, insure you are on
the latest release and have all patches installed.
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I’d like to verify - has anyone heard of any issues with the CIFS
implementation as it pertains to mounted shares from a NetApp filer?[/color]

I have not heard of anything myself… but I don’t use NetApp devices.

A quick Google search turned up this which might provide some insight.
I haven’t checked to see if any of these issues affect SLES or whether
they may have been resolved by recent patches.

https://bugzilla.samba.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=netapp


Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner
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Thanks, Kevin. I hadn’t seen some of the Bugzilla reports when I previously searched.

[QUOTE=KBOYLE;23481]mluevane wrote:
[color=blue]

The vendor says that there is an issue
with the implementation of CIFS in SLES > 10.3 and that we should go
back to 10.3 (not an option)[/color]

SLES11-SP3 is the current release. As a first step, insure you are on
the latest release and have all patches installed.
[color=blue]

I’d like to verify - has anyone heard of any issues with the CIFS
implementation as it pertains to mounted shares from a NetApp filer?[/color]

I have not heard of anything myself… but I don’t use NetApp devices.

A quick Google search turned up this which might provide some insight.
I haven’t checked to see if any of these issues affect SLES or whether
they may have been resolved by recent patches.

https://bugzilla.samba.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=netapp


Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner
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show your appreciation and click on the star below…[/QUOTE]