HP ProLiant Storage Server User Guide (440584-003, September 2007)

1. Access Add/Remove Programs.
2. Select Add/Remove Windows Components > Active Directory Services > Details.
3. Install Identity Management for Windows.
MSNFS use scenarios
ThefollowingusescenariosaresupportedbyMSNFSfile services:
• Allow UNIX cli
ents to access resources on computers running Windows Server 2003 R2.
Your company m
ay have UNIX clients accessing resources, such as files, on UNIX file servers.
To take advan
tage 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 compu
ters running Windows Server 2003 R2 to access resources on UNIX file servers.
Your compan
y 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 a ccess these resources when the file servers are running NFS software.
NOTE:
Serv ices 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.)
MSNF S components
MSNFS comprises the following three main components:
• Username Mapping Server
Username Mapping Server maps user n am es between Windows and UN IX user accounts. In
a heterogene ous network, users have separate Windows and UNIX security acc ounts. Users
must provide a different set of credentials to ac cess files and other resources, depending on
whether they are stored on a Windows or UNIX file ser ver. 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 U N IX 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 o n
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 Net work File and Print Services > Microsoft
Services for N FS > Details.
3. Install Client for NFS.
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