Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: SMB share comment set via MMC Plug-in is discarded after a share property is modified

Asset ID:	1-72-2135456.1
Update Date:	2017-10-05
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Solution 2135456.1 : Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: SMB share comment set via MMC Plug-in is discarded after a share property is modified

Applies to:

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-2 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-4 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Sun ZFS Storage 7420 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Sun ZFS Storage 7320 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
7000 Appliance OS (Fishworks)

Symptoms

A Windows machine MMC (Microsoft Management Console) provides functionality to manage SMB shares.

Using MMC we can set comments on a SMB share.

If any changes to any of the properties (not just SMB) are made, then the comments on MMC disappear.

Cause

The underlying implementation of 'libshare' is changed.

The Appliance software uses an older API which doesn't support the 'description', and when an update is done - using the UI - the incore description is lost.

Solution

Description or comment is defined as protocol independent (ie. not specific to NFS or SMB) or global property.

This issue is being worked as ER internally.

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E51475_01/html/E52872/configuration__services__smb__mmc_integration.html#scrolltoc

References

<BUG:15782277> - SUNBT7157589 AK CHANGES REQUIRED POST LIBSHARE_V2 AND ZFS SHARE MANAGEMENT
<BUG:23001371> - ZFSSA WIPES OUT DESCRIPTION MADE BY MMC ON SMB SHARE

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