Manage SMB

To create SMB containers and shares, you need to set up a File Service first and also have checked all the prerequisites for SMB.

Add SMB Container

1. Select the desired File Service instance and click on Actions
   

2. Click on Add SMB Container Premium
   

3. Fill in following fields:

   • Name: A name for this container.
   • Service Class: Defines the service class for this container. Service level Standard is equal to single-site storage. Service level Advanced is multi-site storage.
   • Performance Class: The selected performance class is applied to all shares created under this container.
   • Backup Policy: Defines the retention time of backups for this container.
   • Minimal Purchase Quantity: The sum of all share sizes under this container must have a total size of at least 1024 GiB, for total sizes not exceeding this minimal purchase quantity, there will be an extra charge.

4. Click on Add SMB Container Premium to add the storage container to your instance.

5. You will see the progress of the Container provisioning

6. As soon as the storage container is created successfully, it will be shown in the tab Children in your File Service instance.
   

Add SMB Share

1. Select the desired File Service instance and click on the desired SMB Container.

2. Click on Actions
   

3. Click on Add SMB Share Premium

4. Fill in following fields:

   • Name: The name of the share. This will be added as a suffix to the mountpoint. Format: Between 3 and 16 alphanumeric characters. Allowed special characters are: underline (_), dash (-) and dollar sign ($). Additional rules apply:

     • No whitespaces are allowed.
     • The first character must be alphabetic.
     • A dollar sign can only be put at the end of the share name. This will create a network hidden SMB share.
     • The name must be unique per File Service Premium instance.
     • The name is not case sensitive e.g. instances with name "test" and "Test" are not possible at the same time.

     Security recommendation: Use random generated names.

   • Antivirus Feature: This field can be checked, if the share should be scanned for malware. More Info can be found in the Antivirus Function Section

   • Enable encryption: This checkbox is activated by default. It is recommended to leave it this way. With it the data over the SMB protocol is securely encrypted in transit and at rest. Encryption can be enabled or disabled after the initial share creation. Please note that disruptions can happen upon such an action.

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   Client Support

   To create an encrypted SMB session, the SMB client must support SMB encryption.

   • Size: Size of the share (1-81920 GiB).
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   Container Size

   The infobox "Remaining allocatable Storage in GiB" shows how much space is left in the container. All shares divide the maximum size of a container (81920 GiB).

5. Click on Add SMB Share Premium to add the share to your storage container.

6. As soon as the share is created successfully, it will be shown in the tab Children in your container:

For information on how to use refer to Use SMB.

SMB Antivirus Function

The Antivirus Function provides a possibility to scan all SMB traffic to the share for malware on-access.

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First Use

The Antivirus feature needs to be activated on the tenant beforehand by Swisscom. If antivirus is to be used for the first time for File Service Premium on a tenant, it can be ordered by opening a Service Request.

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Not scanned File types

Per default, some file types are ignored in the malware scans. This default is global per File System Service:

7z,bz,bz2,cab,gz,iso,jar,lck,ldb,lnk,log,mdb,nsf,pst,rar,tar,tgz,tmp,txt,vhd,vhdx,vmdk,zip

This default list can be changed with a Service Request per File System Service.

The Antivirus Function can be enabled or disabled anytime per share.

Delete SMB Container

To delete the SMB Container, click on the desired item in the Swisscom Portal.

1. Select the desired Item and click on Actions
2. Click on Delete ... to delete the desired item

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Indelible Backup

The backup policy needs to be set to none to delete a container. Notice that it is an indelible backup solution. That means that the backup is not deletable until the defined backup retantion time has expired. After that period, the container can be deleted.