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Msnfs use scenarios, Msnfs components – HP ProLiant DL380 G5-Storage-Server User Manual

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1.

Access Add/Remove Programs.

2.

Select Add/Remove Windows Components > Active Directory Services > Details.

3.

Install Identity Management for Windows.

MSNFS use scenarios

The following use scenarios are supported by MSNFS file services:

Allow UNIX clients 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 Windows Server 2003 features, 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 MSNFS to enable access by UNIX clients that are running NFS

software. All of your UNIX clients will be able to access the resources using the NFS protocol

with no changes required.

Allow 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 MSNFS to enable computers running Windows Server

2003 R2 to access these resources when the file servers are running NFS software.

NOTE:

Services for NFS can be implemented in both clustered and non-clustered environments using select

storage servers. This chapter discusses Services for NFS in a non-clustered deployment. If your storage

server is capable of using clusters, see the Cluster administration chapter for more information. (This

chapter is not in manuals for those models that cannot use clusters.)

MSNFS components

MSNFS comprises the following three main components:

Username Mapping Server

Username Mapping Server maps user names between Windows and UNIX user accounts. In

a heterogeneous network, users have separate Windows and UNIX security accounts. Users

must provide a different set of credentials to access files and other resources, depending on

whether they are stored on a Windows or UNIX file server. To address this issue, Username

Mapping Server maps the Windows and UNIX user names so that users can log on with either

their Windows or UNIX credentials and access resources regardless of whether they are stored

on a Windows or UNIX file server.

Server for NFS

Normally, a UNIX 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 and UNIX computers.

Client for NFS

Normally, a Windows-based computer cannot access files on a UNIX computer. A computer

running Windows Server 2003 R2 and Client for NFS, however, can access files stored on

a UNIX-based NFS server.

The Client for NFS feature of the Microsoft Services for NFS component is not preinstalled on the storage

server although information about this feature appears in the online help. To enable Client for NFS:

1.

Go to Add/Remove Programs.

2.

Select Add/Remove Windows Components > Other Network File and Print Services > Microsoft

Services for NFS > Details.

3.

Install Client for NFS.

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