[gpfsug-discuss] Snapshot handling in mixed Windows/MacOS environments

[Altenburger Ingo (ID SD)]

I have to note that we use the from-SONAS-imported snapshot scheduler as part of the gui to create (and keep/delete) the snapshots.
When performing mmcrsnapshot <fs> @2018-06-27-14-01 -j <fileset> then this snapshot is visible in MacOS Finder but not in Windows 'previous versions'.

Thus, the issue might be related to the way the scheduler is creating snapshots.

Since having hundreds of filesets we need snapshots for, doing the scheduling by ourselves is not trivial and a preferred option.

Regards
Ingo Altenburger

From: gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-bounces at spectrumscale.org> On Behalf Of Altenburger Ingo (ID SD)
Sent: Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2018 13:45
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Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Snapshot handling in mixed Windows/MacOS environments

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- at -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- at -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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