Configure Macintosh access in SNFS configuration file on K2 Media Servers

In this task you open the media file system (SNFS) configuration file and verify/modify settings.

Do not do this task if:
  • The K2 SAN has no iSCSI or Fibre Channel connected Macintosh clients
  • The K2 SAN has iSCSI connected or Fibre Channel connected Macintosh clients and Windows Security is configured to Yes on the SNFS file system.
Do this task if:
  • The K2 SAN has iSCSI connected or Fibre Channel connected Macintosh clients and Windows Security is configured to No on the SNFS file system.
Prerequisites for this task are as follows:
  • The Macintosh client connection requires K2 FCP Connect.
  • The K2 SAN must be offline

You can verify and, if necessary, modify the media file system (SNFS) configuration file and still keep your media file system intact if you carefully follow the steps in this procedure.

This task applies to the following devices:

  • K2 Media Servers with role of file system server. If a redundant SAN, you must do this task on both primary and backup K2 Media Server.
  1. On a K2 Media Server, using Notepad, open the media file system (SNFS) configuration file: The configuration file can be either D:\SNFS\config\default.cfg. or D:\SNFS\config\gvfs_hostname.cfg, where hostname is the name of the primary file system server (FSM).
  2. On a K2 Media Server, verify, and if necessary modify, settings for required values as follows:
    # *********************************************************
    # A global section for defining file system-wide parameters
    # *********************************************************
    .
    .
    WindowsSecurity                         No
    
    UnixDirectoryCreationModeOnWindows      0777
    UnixFileCreationModeOnWindows           0666
    
  3. Close, and if necessary save, the SNFS configuration file.

If you made changes, the K2 system must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

The restart later in this upgrade procedure is sufficient to put the changes into effect.

If you made changes to UnixDirectoryCreationModeOnWindows and UnixFileCreationModeOnWindows parameters, to apply changes to existing assets you must delete and then re-create files and/or bins, such as HotBins.


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