Creating the nfs share – Dell PowerVault NX200 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 then 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.
After completing the prerequisites and configuration steps, follow the

instructions below to create the NFS share.

1 Click StartProgramsAdministrative toolsShare and Storage

Management, or click Server ManagerRolesFile ServicesShare

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.

NOTE:

Only the UNIX user (who was added in the domain user list) has

access to the NFS share. If you have enabled Anonymous access for the NFS

share, all UNIX users have access to the share.

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