Volume hosting CIFS share deleted causing share inaccessibility
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS
Issue
- Windows client is unable to access CIFS share and reporting the following error:
Windows cannot access \\share
- Output of the Command
vserver cifs share show-instance
shows '-' in place of Volume name
Cluster::> vserver cifs share show -vserver cifssvm -share-name cifsshare1 -instance
Vserver: cifssvm
Share: cifsshare1
CIFS Server NetBIOS Name: CIFSSVM
Path: /cifsshare1
Share Properties: oplocks
browsable
changenotify
show-previous-versions
Symlink Properties: symlinks
File Mode Creation Mask: -
Directory Mode Creation Mask: -
Share Comment: -
Share ACL: Everyone / Full Control
File Attribute Cache Lifetime: -
Volume Name: -
Offline Files: manual
Vscan File-Operations Profile: standard
Maximum Tree Connections on Share: 4294967295
UNIX Group for File Create: -
- Client is able to ping the LIF IP and vice-versa