Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Snapshot handling in mixed Windows/MacOSenvironments

[Christof Schmitt]

Hi,

 

we currently support the SMB protocol method of quering snapshots, which is used by the Windows "Previous versions" dialog. Mac clients unfortunately do not implement these explicit queries. Browsing the snapshot directories with the @GMT names through SMB currently is not supported.

 

Could you open a RFE to request snapshot browsing from Mac clients? An official request would be helpful in prioritizing the development and test work required to support this.

 

Regards,

Christof Schmitt || IBM || Spectrum Scale Development || Tucson, AZ
christof.schm...@us.ibm.com  ||  +1-520-799-2469    (T/L: 321-2469)

 

 

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Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Snapshot handling in mixed Windows/MacOS environments
Date: Wed, Jun 27, 2018 4:52 AM
 

Hi all,

 

our (Windows) users are familiared with the ‘previous versions’ self-recover feature.

We honor this by creating regular snapshots with the default @GMT prefix (non-@-heading prefixes are not visible in ‘previous versions’).

Unfortunately, MacOS clients having the same share mounted via smb or cifs cannot benefit from such configured snapshots, i.e. they are not visible in Finder window. Any non-@-heading prefix is visible in Finder as long as hidden .snapshots directory can be seen.

Using a Terminal command line is also not feasible for end user purposes.

 

Since the two case seem to be mutually exclusive, has anybody found a solution other than creating two snapshots, one with and one without the @-heading prefix?

 

Thanks for any hint,

Ingo Altenburger

 

 

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