General Operating Guidelines and Limitations

 

 

 

Operating System /

 

 

Affected Component

Description

 

 

Windows

For Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista:

 

1

On the Windows client machine, right-click the Recycle Bin icon

 

 

on the desktop and then click Properties.

 

2

Click the General tab.

 

3

Select the mapped drive that corresponds to the StorNext mapped file

 

 

system. For directory-mounted file systems, select the file system from

 

 

the list.

 

4

Choose the option Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files

 

 

immediately when deleted.

 

5

Click Apply.

 

6

Repeat steps 3-5 for each remaining directory-mounted file system.

 

7

When finished, click OK.

 

 

 

In StorNext releases prior to 3.5, the StorNext Windows client attempted to

 

keep the UNIX uid, gid and mode bits synchronized with similar fields in the

 

Windows security descriptor. However, these Windows and UNIX fields

 

were often not synchronized correctly due to mapping and other problems.

 

One consequence of this problem was that changing the owner in Windows

 

incorrectly changed the UNIX uid and file permissions and propagated these

 

errors into sub-directories.

 

In release 3.5, the StorNext Windows client sets the UNIX uid, gid and mode

 

bits only when Windows creates a file. The StorNext Windows client will no

 

longer change the Unix uid, gid or mode bits when a Windows user changes

 

the Windows security descriptor or Read-Only file attribute.

 

If you change the UNIX mode bits and the file is accessible from Windows,

 

you must change the Windows security descriptor (if Windows Security is

 

configured On) or Read-Only file attribute to ensure the change is reflected

 

on both Windows and UNIX.

 

 

All

To avoid parser errors, do not use “up” or “down” when naming items in the

 

configuration file. This applies especially to naming affinities or any other

 

string-type keyword.

 

 

 

StorNext file systems cannot be smaller than 5GB.

 

 

 

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