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August 15th, 2018 10:00
Best way to consolidate two Isilon shares into one
We have two SMB Isilon shares ifs/data/share1 and ifs/data/share2. There are just 6 files in ifs/data/share2 and I want to consolidate shares by migrating files from the second share ifs/data/share2 to the first share i.e ifs/data/share1. In the end, I just want to have one SMB share i.e ifs/data/share1 and get rid of the second one i.e ifs/data/share2. What would be the best migration method? Will there be any migration challenges?
dynamox
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August 16th, 2018 04:00
I use "mv" to move data around the file systems. Permissions are preserved, if you use directory quotas you will need to temporarily remove directory quota from target directory and put it back after the move. After that it's about making sure users are mapping to the right share.
crklosterman
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August 16th, 2018 05:00
Second @dynamox's suggestion of just 'mv'. But although the permissions will be retained on the 6 files themselves, keep in mind that the permissions on the directory /ifs/data/share1 and /ifs/data/share2 may be different, and might need to be changed for the users to get access. The greatest part about the mv is that you're just updating the LINs (Logical INodes), so it'll be almost instantaneous.
Also BTW check the SMB Share ACLs between the two, to ensure that you have merged together the groups from the 2 different shares into the target share.
You could even cheat for a while if you want, and just change the path that '\\isilonsczone\share2' points at; to point it to the directory for share1, that lessens user impact quite a bit.
But in reality here we're talking about 6 files so I don't imagine there will be a ton of impact.
~Chris