File management through Windows administrative tools

Scope of Windows administrative tools descriptions

You can accomplish some CIFS file access management tasks from the Data ONTAP command line by using Windows administrative tools, such as Server Manager and User Manager or Active Directory Users and Computers. This chapter describes both command line and Windows NT methods of accomplishing these tasks.

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You can also accomplish some tasks described in this chapter using other Windows server management tools, such as the Computer Management snap-in for Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

This chapter assumes that you know how to use Windows network management tools to access your storage system.

Using Windows tools with Data ONTAP

The procedures for managing files using Windows tools (such as MMC) are similar to those for managing a Windows server. The procedures in this chapter provide information for Data ONTAP administration tasks that differ from a Windows server.

Case-sensitivity in Data ONTAP

Unlike text you enter through Windows server administration tools, the Data ONTAP command line is case-sensitive. For example, when you specify a volume name in Windows, you can type in either lowercase or uppercase letters. You cannot use Windows tools to create a qtree named Test at the same level as a qtree named TEST, because Windows tools do not make a distinction between these names. You can create and distinguish these two qtrees from the Data ONTAP command line. For information about how such qtrees would appear to Windows clients, see Chapter 7, Understanding NFS and CIFS file naming.

User Manager limitations

The following limitations apply to User Manager when you use User Manager for your storage system:

Although the storage system supports local users, you cannot use the New Users command on the User menu to create or delete local user accounts.
The Policies menu is disabled, but some policies can be controlled through options or group membership.

Server Manager limitations

The following Server Manager features are not supported because they are not applicable to Data ONTAP:

Stopping and starting services
Specifying the recipients of alerts