[gpfsug-discuss] SMB server on GPFS clients and Followsymlinks

leslie elliott leslie.james.elliott at gmail.com
Tue May 15 23:18:45 BST 2018


you might want to read the license details of gpfs before you try do this :)

pretty sure you need a server license to re-export the files from a GPFS
mount

On 16 May 2018 at 08:00, <valleru at cbio.mskcc.org> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Has anyone tried serving SMB export of GPFS mounts from a SMB server on
> GPFS client? Is it supported and does it lead to any issues?
> I understand that i will not need a redundant SMB server configuration.
>
> I could use CES, but CES does not support follow-symlinks outside
> respective SMB export. Follow-symlinks is a however a hard-requirement  for
> to follow links outside GPFS filesystems.
>
> Thanks,
> Lohit
>
>
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