Dell Unity: Shares are not listed on Unity SMB Server (User Correctable)

Summary: Dell Unity: Shares are not listed on Unity SMB Server (User Correctable)

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Symptoms

Unity Administrator was migrating SMB shares to Dell Unity using Microsoft Robocopy.

After migration to Dell Unity, some Active Directory Users cannot list one or more SMB Shares.

 

Cause

Access-based Enumeration (ABE) is enabled on one or more shares.

ABE filters shared folders and files visible to a user based on that user's access rights, preventing the display of folders and files to which the user does not have full read access.

 

Resolution

Disable ABE Feature on SMB share. Follow the steps below:

  1. Download the emcabe tool.
  2. Open a command prompt.
  3. Run the below command to display the status of one or more specified shares: 
    Y:\>emcabe /G /T <ServerName>
Below is an example for viewing the current status of the shares:
    Y:\>emcabe /G /T cwf-unity1     

EMCABE 02.00
        Copyright   2007, All Rights Reserved,
        by EMC Corporation, Hopkinton MA.
ABE is enabled on share SharedDataWIN05   <<<< Enabled on "SharedDataWIN05"
ABE is disabled on share Audit_Log$     <<<<< Disabled on "Audit_Log$"
ABE is disabled on share UsersWIN02
ABE is enabled on share SharedDataBR7
ABE is enabled on share SharedDataBR2
ABE is disabled on share Audit_Log
ABE is disabled on share UsersWIN
ABE is disabled on share UsersWIN05
ABE is disabled on share UsersWIN06
ABE is disabled on share PI-PMU
ABE is disabled on share Audit$
ABE is disabled on share TEST1
ABE is disabled on share UsersPST
ABE is disabled on share UsersWIN04
ABE is disabled on share TSprofiles
ABE is disabled on share TSM_Quorum
ABE is disabled on share WSCOMPRD-FSW
ABE is disabled on share SharedDataWIN11
ABE is disabled on share UsersWIN03
4. Run the below command to disables the ABE on the specified share(s):
    Y:\>emcabe /D /T <ServerName> /S <sharename>
Below is an example for disabling ABE on specified share:
    Y:\>emcabe /D /T cwf-unity1 /S SharedDataWIN05

 

Additional Information

Access-based Enumeration (ABE):
Enabling ABE on a share allows users to view and access folders based on permissions.

For more information about ABE, reference the Dell Document
NAS Access-Based Enumeration Support (download from)
https://www.dell.com/support/

 

 

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family

Products

Dell Unity 300, Dell EMC Unity 300F, Dell EMC Unity 350F, Dell EMC Unity 400, Dell EMC Unity 450F, Dell EMC Unity 500, Dell EMC Unity 500F, Dell EMC Unity 550F, Dell EMC Unity 600, Dell EMC Unity 600F, Dell EMC Unity 650F , Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Family ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000052712
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2025
Version:  6
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