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...o set in the share section. > [global] > # ZFS SPARSE > #share:fake_fscaps = 0 > store dos attributes = yes > strict allocate = yes > > I hadn’t heard any mention of the importance of strict allocate, would that setting be wise then? It doesn't affect how FSCTL_SET_SPARE is handled. > What are some other tools I might try that with? I can try straight on the linux too, just as a test, if there is any tools recommended to test that with. I will also look something up for that tomorrow as well. Let's get "fsutil.exe sparse setflag" working firs...

Hi David, Configured as you mention, and prior with the other tweaks I had in the first place, Im getting the same results, which is "FSUTIL utility requires a Local NTFS Volume", and mapping it. I then went to contig, `contig -n X:\share\sparesefile 0`, as well as a few other size. Maybe im using it wrong, but some testing on contig has only "Access is denied" when I try

...o set in the share section. > [global] > # ZFS SPARSE > #share:fake_fscaps = 0 > store dos attributes = yes > strict allocate = yes > > I hadn鈥檛 heard any mention of the importance of strict allocate, would that setting be wise then? It doesn't affect how FSCTL_SET_SPARE is handled. > What are some other tools I might try that with? I can try straight on the linux too, just as a test, if there is any tools recommended to test that with. I will also look something up for that tomorrow as well. Let's get "fsutil.exe sparse setflag" working firs...