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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section IX. Administering NetBackup
  4. About Granular Recovery Technology
  5. About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016
  6. Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016 client
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016 client

To restore individual items from a backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT), you must enable Services for Network File System (NFS). When this configuration is completed all the Active Directory domain controllers or ADAM/LDS hosts, you can disable any unnecessary NFS services.

To enable Services for Network File System (NFS) on a Windows 2012, 2012 R2, or 2016 client

  1. Open the Server Manager.
  2. From the Manage menu, click Add Roles and Features.
    Image showing how to start the Add Roles and Features wizard
  3. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.
  4. On the Select installation type page, select Role-based or feature-based installation.
    Image showing how to the role-based installation option
  5. Click Next.
  6. On the Server Selection page, click Select a server from the server pool and select the server. Click Next.
    Image showing how to select a server from the server pool
  7. On the Server Roles page, click Next.
  8. On the Features page, click Client for NFS. Click Next.
    Image showing how to select the Client for NFS option
  9. On the Confirmation page, click Install.

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