Unable to access CIFS when ns-switch configuration is deleted
Applies to
- ONTAP 9 and above
- CIFS
Issue
- When trying to access the CIFS shares via both IP address or hostname, the following issue is reported:
"The specified network name is no longer available."
- The CIFS check output shows that the CIFS server is up and running.
- Ping from the clients to the LIF is successful.
- The ns-switch configuration for the affected vserver will show "no entries matching your query."