Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012 or 2016 media server (NetBackup for VMware)
To perform VM instant recovery with a Windows 2012 or 2016 media server, you must enable Services for Network File System. When this configuration is completed, you can disable any unnecessary NFS services.
To enable Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012 or 2016 media server
- 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, expand File and Storage Services and File and iSCSI Services.
- Click File Server and Server for NFS. When you are prompted, click Add Features. Click Next.
- If the media server is also a restore host, on the Features page, click Client for NFS. Click Next.
- On the Confirmation page, click Install.
Disable any unnecessary services, as follows:
If you have a single host that functions as both the media server and the restore host, you can disable the Server for NFS.
For a host that is only the NetBackup media server, you can disable the Server for NFS and the Client for NFS.
- Make sure that the portmap service is started and that its startup mode is set to auto.
