How To Mount A CIFS Share From Xenserver

in this article I will show you how to mount a cif share from a xenserver to a windows share

There are a few ways you can mount to a cif share

Option 1

log on to the citrix xenserver and go to the linux signon screen, and type in

mkdir /backup
mount -t cifs "//192.168.0.20/VM Backup" -o username=username,password=password /backup

change (backup) in mkdir /backup to the folder you wish to map to on the local xenserver

then "mount -t cifs "//192.168.0.20/VM Backup" -o username=username,password=password /backup" change 192.168.0.20 to the ip of the window server, change VM Backup to the share name on the windows server, then change the username and password

option 2

I found this on citrix tips website How To Mount A CIFS Share From Xenserver

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

option 3

Take a look at this article here