Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012 or 2016 restore host (NetBackup for VMware)
To perform VM instant recovery with a Windows restore host, you must enable Services for Network File System. When this configuration is complete, you can disable any unnecessary NFS services.
To enable Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012 or 2016 restore host
- Open the Server Manager.
- From the Manage menu, click Add Roles and Features.
- In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.
- On the Select installation type page, select Role-based or feature-based installation.
- Click Next.
- On the Server Selection page, click Select a server from the server pool and select the server. Click Next.
- On the Server Roles page, click Next.
- On the Features page, click Client for NFS. Click Next.
- On the Confirmation page, click Install.
