Are hard links on CIFS shares supported in ONTAP?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS
- Windows
Answer
ONTAP 9 supports creating hard links using CIFS/SMB protocols
Additional Information
- On Windows clients:
-
fsutil hardlink create
can be used -
mklink /h
is successful on local ntfs volumes and will otherwise fail withLocal NTFS volumes are required to complete the operation
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