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Access to shared storage from Windows VM in workspace?
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Description
Describe the bug
I have a workspace with several Windows and Linux VMs. The Linux VMs are able to see the shared storage at /fileshares/vm-shared-storage, but the Windows machines cannot see it.
I have enabled public network sharing/discovery, that doesn't help any.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a workspace with shared storage
- Create a Windows VM in that workspace, with access to the shared storage enabled.
- Fire up a remote desktop on the VM, look for the shared storage, fail to find it.
Screenshots showing the process of opening network drives on new VM:
On entering the VM for the first time, I get this prompt. I select 'Yes'
Then I open File Explorer, and go to the Network tab. It scans, finds nothing interesting, and shows the message about file sharing being off. I turn it on, as shown. It rescans the network, but nothing changes.
Azure TRE release version (e.g. v0.14.0 or main):
commit ea63ebf, on 09/04.
Deployed Azure TRE components - click the (i) in the UI:
UI Version: 0.5.21
API Version: 0.18.5
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported workspace setup with shared storage and a Windows VM, comparing it with the working Linux VM access. No files or tests are named; investigate how shared storage access is enabled for Windows VMs and verify that the share is discoverable from File Explorer when the issue is resolved.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- azure
- Domain
- cloud, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100