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FsxProtocolSmb

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FsxProtocolSmb - AWS DataSync

Specifies the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol configuration that AWS DataSync uses to access your Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file system's storage virtual machine (SVM). For more information, see Providing DataSync access to FSx for ONTAP file systems.

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Password

Specifies the password of a user who has permission to access your SVM.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 104.

Pattern: ^.{0,104}$

Required: Yes

User

Specifies a user that can mount and access the files, folders, and metadata in your SVM.

For information about choosing a user with the right level of access for your transfer, see Using the SMB protocol.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 104.

Pattern: ^[^\x22\x5B\x5D/\\:;|=,+*?\x3C\x3E]{1,104}$

Required: Yes

Domain

Specifies the name of the Windows domain that your storage virtual machine (SVM) belongs to.

If you have multiple domains in your environment, configuring this setting makes sure that DataSync connects to the right SVM.

If you have multiple Active Directory domains in your environment, configuring this parameter makes sure that DataSync connects to the right SVM.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 253.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9]((\.|-+)?[A-Za-z0-9]){0,252}$

Required: No

MountOptions

Specifies the version of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol that AWS DataSync uses to access an SMB file server.

Type: SmbMountOptions object

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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