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Configure offline files support on SMB shares using the CLI

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You can configure offline files support using the ONTAP CLI by specifying one of the four offline files setting when you create SMB shares or at any time by modifying existing SMB shares. Manual offline files support is the default setting.

About this task

When configuring offline files support, you can choose one of the following four offline files settings:

Setting Description

none

Disallows Windows clients from caching any files on this share.

manual

Allows users on Windows clients to manually select files to be cached.

documents

Allows Windows clients to cache user documents that are used by the user for offline access.

programs

Allows Windows clients to cache programs that are used by the user for offline access. Clients can use the cached program files in offline mode even if the share is available.

You can choose only one offline file setting. If you modify an offline files setting on an existing SMB share, the new offline files setting replaces the original setting. Other existing SMB share configuration settings and share properties are not removed or replaced. They remain in effect until they are explicitly removed or changed.

Steps

  1. Perform the appropriate action:

    If you want to configure offline files on…​ Enter the command…​

    A new SMB share

    vserver cifs share create -vserver vserver_name -share-name share_name -path path -offline-files {none|manual|documents|programs}

    An existing SMB share

    vserver cifs share modify -vserver vserver_name -share-name share_name -offline-files {none|manual|documents|programs}

  2. Verify that the SMB share configuration is correct: vserver cifs share show -vserver vserver_name -share-name share_name -instance

Example

The following command creates an SMB share named “data1” with offline files set to documents:

cluster1::> vserver cifs share create -vserver vs1 -share-name data1 -path /data1 -comment "Offline files" -offline-files documents

cluster1::> vserver cifs share show -vserver vs1 -share-name data1 -instance

                          Vserver: vs1
                            Share: data1
         CIFS Server NetBIOS Name: VS1
                             Path: /data1
                 Share Properties: oplocks
                                   browsable
                                   changenotify
               Symlink Properties: enable
          File Mode Creation Mask: -
     Directory Mode Creation Mask: -
                    Share Comment: Offline files
                        Share ACL: Everyone / Full Control
    File Attribute Cache Lifetime: -
                      Volume Name: -
                    Offline Files: documents
    Vscan File-Operations Profile: standard
Maximum Tree Connections on Share: 4294967295
       UNIX Group for File Create: -

The following command modifies an existing SMB share named “data1” by changing the offline files setting to manual and adding values for the file and directory mode creation mask:

cluster1::> vserver cifs share modify -vserver vs1 -share-name data1 -offline-files manual -file-umask 644 -dir-umask 777

cluster1::> vserver cifs share show -vserver vs1 -share-name data1 -instance

                          Vserver: vs1
                            Share: data1
         CIFS Server NetBIOS Name: VS1
                             Path: /data1
                 Share Properties: oplocks
                                   browsable
                                   changenotify
               Symlink Properties: enable
          File Mode Creation Mask: 644
     Directory Mode Creation Mask: 777
                    Share Comment: Offline files
                        Share ACL: Everyone / Full Control
    File Attribute Cache Lifetime: -
                      Volume Name: -
                    Offline Files: manual
    Vscan File-Operations Profile: standard
Maximum Tree Connections on Share: 4294967295
       UNIX Group for File Create: -
Related information

Adding or removing share properties on an existing SMB share