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  5. Section III. Certified configurations
  7. File Analytics configurations
  9. Data Collector probes by storage type
  11. CIFS shares

CIFS shares

  • The recommended Windows Data Collector server operating system is Windows server 2012.

  • The Windows LAN Manager authentication level, in the local security policy security options, must be modified to: Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated. This allows the Data Collector to invoke the net use command with the password supplied on the command line. Without this setting, later versions of Windows will terminate with a system error 86 (invalid password).

  • Windows CIFS Shares collection requires the Windows Domain User ID. This User ID must have Administrative privileges.

  • UNIX CIFS Shares collection requires super-user root privileges. Access control commands, such as sudo, sesudo, and pbrun are also supported. If using any of the access control commands, verify that the User ID has sudo, sesudo, or pbrun privileges.

  • The CIFS Data Collector uses ports 137 and 139.

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