Posted On September 6, 2019

Changing SMB Caching on Windows

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# To turn OFF caching
$rolesWithNoCaching="SHERVER01","SHERVER02"
$rolesWithNoCaching | %{$shares=Get-SMBShare -scopename "$_"; foreach ($share in $shares){if(!($share.Name -like "*$")){"Turning caching OFF for share: $share.Name..."; Set-SMBShare -Name $share.Name -CachingMode None -Confirm:$False;}};}

# To turn ON caching
$rolesWithCaching="SHERVER03","SHERVER04"
$rolesWithCaching | %{$shares=Get-SMBShare -scopename "$_"; foreach ($share in $shares){if(!($share.Name -like "*$")){"Turning caching ON for share: $share.Name..."; Set-SMBShare -Name $share.Name -CachingMode Manual -Confirm:$False;}};}

# Changing caching mode for a single share
$shareName="SHARE007"
Set-SMBShare -Name $shareName -CachingMode None -Confirm:$False;
Set-SMBShare -Name $shareName -CachingMode Manual -Confirm:$False;

# Legend:
-- None: Prevents users from storing documents and programs offline.
-- Manual: Allows users to identify the documents and programs that they want to store offline. Equivalent to "Allow Caching of Shares"
-- Programs: Automatically stores documents and programs offline.
-- Documents: Automatically stores documents offline.
-- BranchCache: Enables BranchCache and manual caching of documents on the
# Changing cache settings for Windows 2008R2 or older:
# Set DC Name
$dcSherver="DC01"

# All Files and Programs that users open from the shared folder are automatically available offline. Also, Optimized for performance is enabled.
([WMIClass]"\\$dcSherver`\root\cimv2:win32_Process").Create("cmd /C net share PS /Cache:Programs")

# Only the files and programs that users specify are available offline.
([WMIClass]"\\$dcSherver`\root\cimv2:win32_Process").Create("cmd /C net share PS /Cache:Manual")

# All Files and Programs that users open from the shared folder are automatically available offline. Optimized for performance is not checked.
([WMIClass]"\\$dcSherver`\root\cimv2:win32_Process").Create("cmd /C net share PS /Cache:Documents")

# No files or programs from the shared folder are available offline.
([WMIClass]"\\$dcSherver`\root\cimv2:win32_Process").Create("cmd /C net share PS /Cache:None")

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