Disabling protocol services

Exercise caution in disabling protocol services so that configuration information is not lost.

To disable a protocol service, issue the mmces service disable command with the appropriate service designation:

SMB

Issue the following command:

mmces service disable SMB --force

Note: You can disable SMB only after you remove the authentication method or if the authentication method is userdefined.

Important: Before you disable SMB protocol services, ensure that you save all the SMB configuration information. Disabling SMB protocol services stops SMB on all CES nodes and removes all configured SMB shares and SMB settings. It removes the SMB configuration information from the CCR, removes the SMB clustered databases (trivial databases, or TBDs), and removes the SMB-related config files in the /var/mmfs/ces directory on the CES nodes.

When you re-enable SMB, you must re-create and reconfigure all the SMB settings and exports.

NFS

Issue the following command:

mmces service disable NFS --force

Before you disable NFS protocol services, ensure that you save all the NFS configuration information by backing up the contents of the /var/mmfs/ces/nfs-config/ directory on any CES node. Disabling the NFS service stops NFS on all CES nodes and removes the NFS configuration information from the CCR and from the /var/mmfs/ces/nfs-config/ directory. Previous exports are lost.

OBJ

Issue the following command:

mmces service disable OBJ --force

Note: For more information on disabling the Object services, see Understanding and managing Object services.