About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS)

To restore individual items from a database backup, you must configure Services for Network File System (NFS) on the NetBackup media server and the Exchange granular clients.

Table: Configuring NFS on Windows 2012, 2012 R2, or later

Step	Action	Description
Step 1	Configure NFS on the media server.	Before you configure NFS, review the requirements for the media server. See Exchange granular operations and the NetBackup 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 media server. Stop the Server for NFS service. See Disabling the Server for NFS. Stop the Client for NFS service. See Disabling the Client for NFS on the media server. Note: If an Exchange granular client resides on the media server, do not disable the Client for NFS. 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.
Step 2	Configure NFS on the Exchange granular clients.	Determine which clients to configure. See Exchange granular clients and non-VMware backups . See Exchange granular clients and VMware backups. On the Exchange granular clients, do the following: Enable NFS on the clients. See Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a client. Stop the Server for NFS service. See Disabling the Server for NFS.

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Configure NFS on the media server.

Before you configure NFS, review the requirements for the media server.

See Exchange granular operations and the NetBackup 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 media server.
Stop the Server for NFS service.
See Disabling the Server for NFS.
Stop the Client for NFS service.
See Disabling the Client for NFS on the media server.
Note: If an Exchange granular client resides on the media server, do not disable the Client for NFS.
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.

Step 2

Configure NFS on the Exchange granular clients.

Determine which clients to configure.

See Exchange granular clients and non-VMware backups .

See Exchange granular clients and VMware backups.

On the Exchange granular clients, do the following:

Enable NFS on the clients.
See Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a client.
Stop the Server for NFS service.
See Disabling the Server for NFS.

More Information

Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a client

About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS)

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