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Tandberg Data Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS)
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• Enable UNIX-based client computers to access resources on
computers running Windows Server 2003 R2. Your company may
have UNIX clients accessing resources, such as files, on UNIX file
servers. To take advantage of new features in Windows
Server 2003 R2 such as Shadow Copies for Shared Folders, you
can move resources from your UNIX servers to computers running
Windows Server 2003 R2. You can then set up Microsoft Services
for NFS to enable UNIX clients that are running NFS software to
access these computers. All of your UNIX clients will be able to
access resources using the NFS protocol without additional
configuration.
• Enable computers running Windows Server 2003 R2 to access
resources on UNIX file servers. Your company may have a mixed
Windows and UNIX environment with resources, such as files,
stored on UNIX file servers. You can use Microsoft Services for NFS
to enable computers running Windows Server 2003 R2 to access
these resources when the file servers are running NFS software.
8.3. Microsoft Services for NFS components
Microsoft Services for NFS includes the following three main components:
• User Name Mapping. User Name Mapping associates user
accounts between Windows and UNIX domains. In a heterogeneous
network, users have separate Windows and UNIX security accounts.
Historically, users had to provide a different set of credentials to
access files and other resources across system boundaries. To
address this issue, User Name Mapping associates Windows and
UNIX user names so users logged onto the UNIX domain can
access NFS shared resources on Windows Server 2003 R2 without
logging on separately to the Windows domain, and vice-versa.
• Server for NFS. Normally, a UNIX-based computer cannot access
files on a Windows-based computer. A computer running
Windows Server 2003 R2 and Server for NFS, however, can act as
a file server for both Windows-based and UNIX-based computers.
• Client for NFS. Normally, a Windows-based computer cannot
access files on a UNIX-based computer. A computer running
Windows Server 2003 R2 and Client for NFS, however, can access
files stored on a UNIX-based NFS server.
8.4. Microsoft Services for NFS administrative
tools
Microsoft Services for NFS provides a Microsoft Management Console
(MMC) snap-in for administration, as well as several command-line tools.
8.4.1. Microsoft Services for NFS snap-in
With the Microsoft Services for NFS snap-in, you can administer each
installed component of Microsoft Services for NFS. When you open the
snap-in, the components installed on the local computer are available to
administer.