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Nfs share – Dell PowerVault NX3300 User Manual

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NFS Share

Network File System (NFS) protocol provides access control (for UNIX-based file systems) and is implemented by
granting permissions to specific client systems and groups, using network names.
Before creating the NFS share, the administrator must configure Identity Mapping. The identity mapping source can be
any one of the following:

Microsoft Active Directory domain name server (Microsoft Windows Server 2003 domain controller or Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller)

User Name Mapping (UNM) server

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

For more information on NFS share, see topic

Creating The NFS Share

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Windows 2003 Domain Controller As Identity Mapping Source

1.

Go to the Windows 2003 Domain Controller and install Identity Management for UNIX.

NOTE: You may need the Windows 2003 SP 2 resource media.

If required, insert the Windows 2003 SP 2 resource media.

2.

Click Add or Remove Programs → Add or Remove Windows Components → Active Directory Services.

3.

Click Details.

4.

Select Identity Management for UNIX and click Next to complete the installation.

NOTE: Restart your system after the installation is complete.

Windows 2008 Domain Controller As Identity Mapping Source

To install and configure Identity Management for UNIX:

1.

Go to the Windows 2008 Domain Controller and install Identity Management for UNIX using Server Manager →

Roles → Add Role Services.

NOTE: To activate this service, restart Windows 2008 Domain Controller.

2.

Go to NFS client, note down the user name, group name, UID, and GID details.

3.

Go to the Domain Controller.

4.

Open Active Directory Users and Computers, and create the UNIX user name and group.

5.

Add the user to the group created in the step 4.

6.

Select the newly-created user, go to Properties → UNIX Attributes . Modify the UID, GID, shell, home directory, and

domain details (captured earlier from the NFS client).

7.

Select the newly-created group, check the GID (ensure it matches the UNIX GID), modify the UNIX properties, add

the members and users that you added in the step 6 and click Apply.

8.

Go to PowerVault NAS Windows Storage Server 2012 (NFS) Server.

9.

Click Start → Administrative Tools → Services for Network File System.

10. Select Services for NFS, right-click Properties → Active Directory domain name as your Identity mapping source,

type the Windows 2008 domain name and click Apply.

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