[gpfsug-discuss] Samba via CES

[Lukas Hejtmanek]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 02:36:37PM -0700, Christof Schmitt wrote:
> When a CES node fails, protocol clients have to reconnect to one of the 
> remaining nodes.
> 
> Samba in CES does not support persistent handles. This is indicated in the 
> documentation:
> 
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY_4.2.1/com.ibm.spectrum.scale.v4r21.doc/bl1adm_smbexportlimits.htm#bl1adm_smbexportlimits
> 
> "Only mandatory SMB3 protocol features are supported. "

well, but in this case, HA feature is a bit pointless as node fail results in
a client failure as well as reconnect does not seem to be automatic if there is
on going traffic.. more precisely reconnect is automatic but without
persistent handles, the client receives write protect error immediately. 

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Lukáš Hejtmánek