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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring Exchange Granular Recovery
  4. About installing and configuring Network File System (NFS) for Exchange Granular Recovery
  5. About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2008 and 2008 R2
  6. Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2008 or 2008 R2
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2008 or 2008 R2

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 on the media server and the Exchange granular clients, you can disable any unnecessary NFS services. More information is available on which clients require this configuration.

See Exchange granular clients and non-VMware backups .

See Exchange granular clients and VMware backups.

To enable Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2008 or 2008 R2

  1. Open the Server Manager.
  2. In the left pane, click Roles and, in the right pane, click Add Roles.
  3. In the Add Roles Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.
  4. On the Select Server Roles page, under Roles, check the File Services check box. Click Next.

    Note:

    If a role service is already installed for the File Services role, you can add other role services from Roles home page. In the File Services pane, click Add Role Services.

  5. On the Files Services page, click Next.
  6. On the Select Role Services page, do the following:
    • Uncheck File Server.

    • Check Services for Network File System.

    • Click Next and complete the wizard.

  7. For each host in your configuration, choose from one of the following:
    • If you have a single host that functions as both the media server and the Exchange granular client, 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.

    • For a host that is only an Exchange granular client, you can disable the Server for NFS.

More Information

Disabling the Server for NFS

Disabling the Client for NFS on the media server

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