Administrator Guide

Using your NAS system

Topics:

• Creating server message block share

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Modifying message block shares

• NFS share

• Windows domain controller as identity mapping source

• User name mapping server as identity mapping source

• AD LDS as identity mapping source

• Configuring AD LDS for services for NFS

• Installing AD LDS server role

• Creating a new AD LDS instance

• Extending the AD LDS schema to support NFS user mapping

• Setting a default instance name for AD LDS instances

• Updating active directory schema

• Adding user and group account maps from a UNIX-based system to a Windows-based system

• Authorizing access to the ADS LDS namespace object

• Configuring the mapping source

• Debug notes for NFS account mapping problems

• Restarting the server for NFS

• Creating the NFS share

• Creating quotas using File Server Resource Manager

• Creating file screens using file Server Resource Manager

• Creating a new volume

• Managing a volume

• Extending a volume

• Shrinking a volume

• Deleting a volume

• Data deduplication

• Enabling and configuring shadow copies of shared folders

• Performing backup of your server

• NIC teaming

Creating server message block share

Windows Storage Server supports Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 protocol. It is a network file sharing protocol that allows

applications to read and write to files and requests services from server programs in a network. SMB file shares can also store

user database files and dynamically migrates VMs or databases. To create an SMB share using Server Manager:

Steps

1. In Server Manager, click File and Storage Services > Shares.

A page with Shares, Volume, and Quota panes is displayed.

2. To create a share, in the Shares section, perform any one of the following tasks:

● Click the To create a file share, start the New Share Wizard link.

● Select New Share from the Tasks drop-down menu.

The New Share Wizard page is displayed.

3. In the Select the Profile for this share window, select the File Share profile (SMB Share – Quick, Advanced or

Applications) check box based on requirements, and then click Next.

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