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After struggling a lot I found that Its very easy to configure CIFS with alfresco in Windows Server.

You only need to follow some basic steps which are available in many please(Steps are at end).But this is not only for the step which you will need to follow for CIFS configuration,you should also know how to debug if your configuration is not proper or something is missing and you dont know what is missing.Please refere below things for same.

netstat -a

This command is manly used for finding out which port is occupied.If you want port with process id you can use below command

netstat -a -o -n

Both of above commands can be used for identifying that the port 445 is used or not.

net view ServerName

above command is identification for server access.It will give you error code so that troubleshott becomes easy.

nbtstat -a SERVER

Testing cifs server name

Below are steps for alfresco CIFS configuration.Which is taken from docs.alfresco.com.

Install Windows Server 2008 R2 out-of-the box. You do not need to change the /etc/hosts or File and Printer Sharing configuration.
Configure a WINS server.
1. If the server is a domain controller or already part of a domain, this may already be controlled by a Domain Policy. To install one on Windows Server 2008 R2, see the following article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff710463%28WS.10%29.aspx.
2. To manually configure an existing WINS server use the following steps:
  1. Go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Local Area Connection > Properties.
  2. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then select Properties. .
  3. On the General tab, select Advanced and then select the WINS tab.
  4. Click Add and then add the IP address of the WINS server in your network and select Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
  5. Click OK > OK > Close.
Ensure that you install Alfresco using the x64 setup wizard. See Installing Alfresco Enterprise on Windows.
Configure the Windows Server 2008 R2 firewall to create a rule to block 445.
1. Open Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center > Windows Firewall > Advanced Settings.
2. Select Inbound Rules.
3. On the right-side of the window, click New Rule.
4. Follow the instructions on the wizard:
  1. Rule Type > Port, Next.
  2. Rule apply to "TCP", Specific Local Ports > 445, Next,
  3. Action > Block the connection, Next,
  4. Profile > Select ALL network types (Domain, Public, Private)
  5. Name > "Alfresco CIFS (Block 445)", Description the same.
5. Select Finish.
Configure the Windows Server 2008 R2 firewall to create a rule to allow 137,138,139.
1. Open the Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center > Windows Firewall > Advanced Settings.
2. Select Inbound Rules.
3. On the right-side of the window, click New Rule.
4. Follow the instructions on the wizard:
  1. Rule Type > Port, Next.
  2. Rule apply to "TCP", Specific Local Ports > 137,138,139, Next,
  3. Action > Allow the connection, Next,
  4. Profile > Select ALL network types (Domain, Public, Private)
  5. Name > "Alfresco CIFS (Allow 137,138,139)", Description the same.
5. Select Finish.
Configure the client (Windows XP and Windows 7)
1. Go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Local Area Connection > Properties.
2. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
3. On the General tab, select Advanced and then select the WINS tab.
4. Click Add and then add the IP address of the WINS server in your network and select Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
5. Click OK > OK > Close.

Alfresco Installation Steps (alfresco 4.2d)

If not already done, install the jdk on your machine.

a. Set the standard Environment Variables (JAVA_HOME, etc).

b. Set the non-standard Environment Variables (JAVA_OPTS).

Install OpenOffice.

1. Download alfresco and tomcat 7.0.42 or above.

2. Create Folder Named “Alfresco “

3. Put Tomcat inside Alfresco Folder.

4. Copy content of “alfresco-community-4.2c/bin” to “tomcat/bin”.

5. Copy “alfresco-community-4.2c/web-server/shared” &

“alfresco-community-4.2c/web-sserver/endorsed” folder into “tomcat ”

6. Copy files “alfresco.war “and “share.war” from “alfresco-community-4.2c/web-server/webapps” folder to “tomcat/webapps/”

7. Copy “mysql.jar”(your dbms driver file) inside “tomcat/lib”.

8. Open “Alfresco\Tomcat\shared\classes\ alfresco-global.properties” in notepad++.

9. Create database inside mysql,give that db name in alfresco-global.properties ;

10. Uncomment from below line and set appropriate property to them

db.username=root //username of dbms user

db.password=root // password of dbms user

dir.root=D:/Alfresco/alf_data

db.driver=org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver

db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/DBNAME?useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8

Here DBNAME is your mysql database name.

11. Open the “tomcat/conf/catalina.properties” file.

12. Change the value of the shared.loader= property to the following

shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/classes,

13. Open the "D:\Alfresco\Tomcat\bin\catalina.bat" file.

append below line in “JAVA_OPTS” variable(it may be on line number 182)

-Xms512M -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M

Replication jobs is a feature that allows you to control the replication of content between different Alfresco repositories.

You manage replication jobs using the Admin Console tool in Alfresco Share, which provides the user interface for the replication service.

The replication service is responsible for persisting replication jobs that specify what is to be replicated, to where, and when. In addition, it monitors the status of currently executing replication jobs and allows you to cancel replications. The replication service finds the nodes that need to be transferred, and then it delegates to the transfer service.

Before you can use the replication jobs feature, you must set up transfer target definitions to specify where the transfer should be sent.

Transfer target for replication jobs

To use the replication jobs feature for replicating content across Alfresco repositories, you need to create a transfer target definition (in the source Alfresco server) to specify where the transfer should go.

The files that control and monitor the transfer service are stored using a folder in Alfresco Share, in the Transfers space underData Dictionary. The Transfer Target Groups space contains the transfer target definitions that specify the destination of the transfer. The group level below this space, called Default Group, is used to classify different sets of transfer targets.

On the source Alfresco server, browse to Company Home > Data Dictionary > Transfers > Transfer Target Groups > Default Group.Create a folder for the new transfer target. For example, create a folder called Transfer1.

Edit the properties for the Transfer1 and modify the following fields:

Field	What is it?
Endpoint Host	Type the host name of the target server.
Endpoint Port	Type the port number of the target server. For example, type `8080`.
User Name	Type a user name of an account on the target server.
Password	Type a password for the user account.
Enabled	Click this checkbox to enable the transfer target.

A rule defined on the Default Group folder specializes the type of any folder created within it. The type of the folder is set to trx:transferTarget, which you can then complete through the user interface.

Configure Share to open locked content.

Locate the repositoryId by browsing to the remote server's CMIS landing page using the following URL:
```
http://{server}:{port}/alfresco/service/cmis/index.html
```
The repositoryId field is displayed in the CMIS Repository Information panel.
Open the <web-extension>\share-config-custom.xml.sample file.

Locate the following example configuration:

 <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Replication">
      <share-urls>
         <!--
            To discover a Repository Id, browse to the remote server's CMIS landing page at:
              http://{server}:{port}/alfresco/service/cmis/index.html
            The Repository Id field is found under the "CMIS Repository Information" expandable panel.

            Example config entry:
              <share-url repositoryId="622f9533-2a1e-48fe-af4e-ee9e41667ea4">http://new-york-office:8080/share/</share-url>
         -->
      </share-urls>
   </config>

Modify the share-url repositoryId tag with the remote server's repositoryId value, plus the remote server's URL.
For example:
```
<share-url repositoryId="622f9533-2a1e-48fe-af4e-ee9e41667ea4">http://new-york-office:8080/share/</share-url>
```
Save the sample file without the .sample extension, or alternatively, you can copy this configuration setting directly to yourshare-config-custom.xml file.
Restart the Alfresco server.

Verify that the target server is set up correctly.
Log in to the source server.
Create a folder on the source server.
For example, in Company Home, create Folder1.
Create a job with the source as Folder1 and a transfer target as Transfer1. Refer to Creating a new replication job.

Run the new job.
On the target server, open the folder that contains the source for the job (Folder1).
On the target server, click View in Source Repository.
Folder1 opens in the source repository.

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Configuring CIFS(Common Internet File System) with alfresco