Creating the nfs share – Dell PowerVault NX300 User Manual

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Using Your NAS System

After you create the key, you must restart Server for NFS.
To restart Server for NFS:

1 Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator

to open an elevated command prompt.

2 Run the following command:

nfsadmin server stop && nfsadmin server start

Creating the NFS Share

Before creating the NFS share, see "NFS Share" on page 28.

NOTE:

Ensure that you complete the prerequisites and configuration steps before

creating the NFS share.

To create an NFS share:

1 Click StartProgramsAdministrative tools Share and Storage

Management, or click Server Manager Roles File Services Share

and Storage Management.

2 On the right pane, select Provision Share.
3 Browse and select the volume that you want to enable as an NFS share and

follow the wizard.

4 Select NFS as the share protocol.

The folder name is displayed as share name followed by the share path.

Specify the

NTFS/NFS settings and permissions in the next screens.

NOTE:

While creating the share, modify the NTFS settings to add the

newly-created group details with specific permissions. (This adds all new

users that you included in that group).

5 Before the NFS share is created, Review settings and Create Share allows

you to revise the share settings before you actually create it.

6 Click Create to proceed.
7 Close the confirmation screen.
8 Go to NFS client and perform an NFS mount.