CIFS Migration from VDM to PDM

from VDM to Physical ? Why ?

because i need to to implement CAVA virus checker which is not supported if the CIFS server on VDM.

You don't need to move your CIFS shares from VDM to PDM just to enable virus-checking.  Create a new CIFS server on the physical DM and follow the directions in the manual.

in this case i have to do a new CIFS migration.

Can you elaborate as to why you need to move the CIFS server just to implement CAVA?

The only thing CAVA requires is one CIFS server on the physical DM. ALL of the other CIFS servers can be on VDMs, and you can even have other CIFS server on the PDM as well.  With a few limitations, the other CIFS servers can even be on different domains that the CIFS server that's providing CAVA - you either need a trust in place or other CAVA servers on other domains.

We've done this countless times, in different configurations and never have had to move CIFS servers, just to make CAVA work.  There's a lot of work involved in moving CIFS servers, and moving them just for CAVA seems like a lot of (unnecessary) work to me.

correct

@kahlid_gh: please take the time to read the CAVA documentation throuroughly - when in doubt I would suggest to contact your local EMC or partner technician.

Ok This is to keep you posted i was able to migrate the CIFS File shares from VDM to datamover server_2

and there is the steps:

1- Disjoin the CIFS server from the domain.

2- Delete CIFS server

3- Unmount ALL File system from VDM using below commands

server_umount VDM01 -p  /DepartmentFS

4- Reboot server_2

5-Create CIFS server under server_2 and join it to the domain

6- Run the below command

server_cifs -move compname/netbios=

For example

server_cifs VDM01 -move compname/CifsSrvr server_2

7-  Mount All file system on data mover server_2 using below commands

server_mount src_mover FileSystemName /FileSystemPath

server_mount server_2 DepartmentFS /DepartmentFS

8- Better to reboot server_2 again.

9- connect to the share using MMC console and start the shares

10- Delete VDM server.

the reason for me to migrate from VDM to DM because we are enforced  to integrate Mcafee with EMC using CAVA and it's supported only on DM.

and this CIFS server still not in production and in the same time i don't want to do file migration from the beginning. 

PLEASE re-read the message here and the documentation.

There is absolutely NO NEED to migrate the CIFS server from the VDM to the DM just because you want to enable AV scanning.

virus scanning works just fine for a CIFS server on a VDM.

All you need is an extra CIFS server created on the DM that is then used by the AV scanner to access that data for ALL VDMs / CIFS servers on that DM.

This can be a CIFS server that is created for just that purpose

hundred's of customers are doing that sucessfully

Of course if you dont need VDM functionality you can use CIFS servers on the DM level for data just as well.

If you require replication or multi-tenancy I would strongly suggest to implement VDMs

This is probably a case where's EMC documentation was not crystal clear enough in its explanation.  From what you describe, there was no need to move the VDMs just to make CAVA work.  I've used McAfee for years with CACA on VDMs - search for any of my posts from the past six years.

@Rainer_EMC - how do we submit a documentation request, to have more explicit details put in the documentation, so that users can see an example with VDMs, so that they understand going through the above steps are not always necessary?