About configuring services for NFS on Windows 2012 or 2016 (NetBackup for VMware)

For instant recovery of virtual machines, the Services for Network File System (NFS) must be installed on Windows media servers.

Table: Configuring NFS in a Windows 2012 or 2016 environment

Action	Description
Configure NFS on the media server.	On the media server do the following: Stop and disable the ONC/RPC Portmapper service, if it exists. Enable NFS. See Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012 or 2016 media server (NetBackup for VMware). Stop the Server for NFS service. See Disabling the Server for NFS (NetBackup for VMware). Configure the portmap service to start automatically at server restart. Issue the following from the command prompt: sc config portmap start= auto This command should return the status [SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESS.
Configure NFS on the restore host.	On the restore host, do the following: Enable NFS. See Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012 or 2016 restore host (NetBackup for VMware). Stop the Server for NFS service. See Disabling the Server for NFS (NetBackup for VMware).

Action

Description

Configure NFS on the media server.

On the media server do the following:

Stop and disable the ONC/RPC Portmapper service, if it exists.
Enable NFS.
See Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012 or 2016 media server (NetBackup for VMware).
Stop the Server for NFS service.
See Disabling the Server for NFS (NetBackup for VMware).
Configure the portmap service to start automatically at server restart.
Issue the following from the command prompt:
sc config portmap start= auto
This command should return the status [SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESS.

Configure NFS on the restore host.

On the restore host, do the following: