Powershell scripting against a VNX Cifs server

Correct – you cant use WMI since that requires a provider on the NAS system (which nobody except Windows has).

You can use Powershell commands that use native Win32 calls like for creating a share or manipulating permissions.

VNX/Celerra is compatible with Windows API’s there – otherwise you couldn’t use commands like rmtshare or cacls against a VNX CIFS server

You should also look at EMC Storage Integrator – that has some Powershell commandlets for VNX

Available as a free download from support.emc.com

Rainer

Other option is to use some PowerShell cmdlets that we provide

Should work on VNX1/VNX2/VNXe/Unity

downloadable here https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL46698_EMC-CMDLETS-Powershell-for-Windows-1.0.exe?source=OLS

list of cmdlets included:

Remove-SharePerms    :    cmdlet to remove an access in share's permissions on a server name

Show-RootDirMembers    :    cmdlet to list the root directory contain of a server name

Show-SecurityEventLog    :    cmdlet to display the eventlogs of a server name

Hello Rainer_EMC,

I want to set the share permissions on a Dell Unity 400 (5.0.8.0.5.007) via CLI.

I read your postings and downloaded https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL46698_EMC-CMDLETS-Powershell-for-Windows-1.0.exe?source=OLS to a Windows Server 2016 Std system.

I could add share permissions for a AD group. But when I tried to add a second AD group to the share permissions, it failed:

PS C:\temp> Add-SharePerms -servername bsaa-fsemcb1 -sharename 001824-test01$ -domainname gfk.com -username "d-re-fs-001821-techcp-RW" -perm ReadandChange

You have succeefully modify ACL on the following share :001824-test01$

PS C:\temp> Add-SharePerms -servername bsaa-fsemcb1 -sharename 001824-test01$ -domainname gfk.com -username "d-re-svr-emeastorage-administrator" -perm FullControl
Add-SharePerms : String cannot be of zero length.
Parameter name: accountName
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-SharePerms -servername bsaa-fsemcb1 -sharename 001824-test01$ -do ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-SharePerms], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,addshareperms.addshareperms

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When try to add share permissions in another order it fails again:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Add-SharePerms -servername bsaa-fsemcb1 -sharename 001824-test01$ -domainname gfk.com -username 'domain admins' -perm ReadandChange

You have succeefully modify ACL on the following share :001824-test01$

PS C:\Windows\system32> Add-SharePerms -servername bsaa-fsemcb1 -sharename 001824-test01$ -domainname gfk.com -username d-re-svr-emeastorage-administrator -perm ReadandChange

You have succeefully modify ACL on the following share :001824-test01$

PS C:\Windows\system32> Add-SharePerms -servername bsaa-fsemcb1.gfk.com -sharename 001824-test01$ -domainname gfk.com -username d-re-fs-001821-techcp-RW -perm FullControl
Add-SharePerms : String cannot be of zero length.
Parameter name: accountName
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-SharePerms -servername bsaa-fsemcb1.gfk.com -sharename 001824-tes ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-SharePerms], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,addshareperms.addshareperms

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Maybe the PowerShell cmdlets are outdated and cannot run with Windows Server 2016?

Could you give me a hint here?

Hello Harriwaltan,

The version that you are using will work for windows 2008 & 2012.  There is a newer version PowerShell Module for Dell EMC Unity 1.1 which has the newer cmdlets. Here is the link

https://dell.to/3iGNzrF

Hi Sam
unfortunately the link reports "missing user information". I'm successfully logged in with my Dell Account.

Btw. are there any cmdlets to check and configure  DFS on the VNX? Some of the standard powershell modules for DFS does not work for VNX based DFS.

Thanks in Advance

Jens 

Hello Jens,

Check you pop up blocker, as the link is direct to the download and will start once you have logged in.  I am not seeing any cmdlets for DFS on the vnx.

Hi,

Which VNX devices are you using and what version is the software at? VNX has an end of life product for 5 years, newer products have additional features for scripting.

I downloaded the module, tried some of the commands and was disappointed to say the least. Your tooling doesn't seem to be up to par with what the rest of the industry is doing which I will make sure is echoed when ever I am asked about your products, I can't recommend them. In one hand you want to capture big $$$ audience with your hardware (VNX), on the other hand your underlying software is more in the fraction of a $ audience (mom and pop), no parity what so ever.