Does Data ONTAP support Windows NTFS symbolic links?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS
- Microsoft Windows
Answer
- ONTAP does not currently support creating NTFS symbolic links over SMB (e.g. with 'mklink' command)
- UNIX style symbolic links are supported and can be followed by Windows clients.
- How to make symbolic links (widelinks) work for CIFS clients on Clustered Data ONTAP
Additional Information
CONTAP-152541: RFE for ONTAP to support NTFS symbolic links - NetApp Knowledge Base