Hi, In this guide I will show you how to How To Mount A CIFS Share From Xenserver. You might want to mount a CIFS share from your xenserver so you can access certain files on another server, or in my case backup a virtual server to this CIFS share as i dont have enough local free disk space. To mount a CIFS share you need console access to the xenserver. You can access the console by going to the physical machine or access the machine via xencenter.

Once you have access login to the “command shell” / “linux screen” as root and run the following command

mount.cifs “//%IP_ADDRESS%/%SHARE_NAME%” /vmbackups -o username=Administrator

replace %IP_ADDRESS% with the server ip you want to mount to and also replace %SHARE_NAME% with the share you want to connect to. Replace /vmbackups with the local folder on the xenserver you want to map the remote share to. and also replace the username field as required. Once you press enter you will get prompted for your password.

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