CIFS

How to allow the vCO Appliance to write files to a Windows CIFS share

A frequent question around vCenter Orchestrator is: Can I read/write to shared folders? The answer is always yes, but the documentation may be difficult to find - especially when you are referring to a Windows share - aka CIFS in samba and *nix mounting terminology. Read on to learn EXACTLY what you need to do to allow your vCO server to read/write to a Windows Share! Overview: vCO allows limited access to its local filesystem.