How do I change the Celerra Netbios name?

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Hello all,

I'm trying to change our Celerra's netbios network name. Currently it shows up as EMC-SNAS:T5.6.46.403 and I'd like to change it to something more user friendly. I've searched powerlink to no avail, am I missing a doc that describes how to do this?

Rainer_EMC · Accepted Answer

sardonyx schrieb:Weird, I just tried it with the syntax you gave and got:Error 4020: server_2 : failed to complete commandserver_log server_2:2009-12-18 16:43:29: SMB: 3: Compname jasper already exists on VDM Jasper2009-12-18 16:43:29: SMB: 3: Error: computer name already exists on other VDM of course if jasper lives on a VDM you also have to use the vdm name in the server_cifs instead of server_2 .... you need to use the exact same options that were used when the CIFS server was initially created

alias23122 · Answer

Is this what shows up when you go to My Computer and look at the drive associated with the Celerra? If so, I think you will need change the comments. Look at p79 of the document 'Configuring and Managing CIFS on Celerra'. It talks about this.

Rainer_EMC · Answer

correct - thats not the name - its the comment

alias23122 · Answer

Let us know if it solves your problem.

sardonyx1 · Answer

Yes this is the name that shows up when you open My Computer.  I'll take a look at that document.

sardonyx1 · Answer

It does look like this is the command I'm looking for, but it doesn't seem to want to work. I don't believe my syntax is wrong, but I'm not sure what else could be. This is what I'm receiving:

[nasadmin@ns42_cs0 ~]$ server_cifs server_2 -add compname=compname,domain=domain.local.cty -comment "Department_Shares"
server_2 :
Error 4020: server_2 : failed to complete command

dynamox · Answer

that CIFS server already exists ? I don't think you can change comment on an existing server, unless there is some kind of nebios rename process where you can change the comment at the same time.

sardonyx1 · Answer

It does appear that there's an issue with the VDM already existing, this is a snippet of server_log server_2

2009-12-18 15:01:16: SMB: 3: Compname jasper already exists on VDM Jasper
2009-12-18 14:46:26: SMB: 3: Netbios JASPER already exists on VDM Jasper

sardonyx1 · Answer

That's how my shares are configured.  I don't see how that would help this issue though?

sardonyx1 · Answer

According to the documentation I can: 'You can add comments when you initially create the CIFS server or after the CIFS server iscreated.' pg 79

alias23122 · Answer

I believe you are correct. I had to deal with this issue when Autocad would not see a Celerra share due to the long comment showing up before it. Called support and they told me what to do. This was 2 years ago, so I don't remember all the details.

alias23122 · Answer

Issue this command to see what is going on Server_log server_2

dynamox · Answer

when i map to shares that are created like that i do not see the 'EMC-SNAS:T5.6.45.5' comment. I also had to delete this comment 'EMC-SNAS:T5.6.45.5' from my local registry as it was cached.

dynamox · Answer

not sure where you are in deployment stage but you could setup shares where they are not sharing root of the file system you created but say a subfolder ..for example: \marketing\marketing

sardonyx1 · Answer

Did you try that on an existing CIFS server?

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