Creating an SMB share

You can use the SnapCenter Shares page to create an SMB3 share on a storage virtual machine (SVM).

1. In the left navigation pane, click Hosts.
2. In the Hosts page, click Shares.
3. Select the SVM from the Storage Virtual Machine drop-down list.
4. Click New.
   The New Share dialog opens.
5. In the New Share dialog, define the share:

   In this field...	Do this...
   Description	Enter descriptive text for the share.
   Share name	Enter the share name, for example, test_share. The name you enter for the share will also be used as the volume name. The share name: Must be a UTF-8 string. Must not include the following characters: control characters from 0x00 to 0x1F (both inclusive), 0x22 (double quotes), and the special characters \ / [ ] : | < > + = ; , ?
   Share path	Click in the field to enter a new file system path, for example, /. Double-click in the field to select from a list of existing file system paths.

6. When you are satisfied with your entries, click OK.
   SnapCenter creates the SMB share on the SVM.