FWIW - This is changed if you're running
Vista. Vista Enterprise and Ultimate include the necessary Unix environment
with the OS though they're not installed by default.
Under the "Classic View":
Control Panel ->
Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off
Then look under
"Services for NFS" to get just the NFS client.
The filer will treat the system just like a *nix host so anything you want
to access will need to be listed appropriately in the exports file. Mount
operations are handled from the command line, but go to drive letters just
like mapping a CIFS share.
Jeff Mery - MCSE, MCP
National Instruments
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| From:
| "Page, Jeremy" <jeremy.page@gilbarco.com>
|
| To:
| "Jimmy Corncrake" <oisintno@gmail.com>,
<toasters@mathworks.com>
|
| Date:
| 02/21/2008 08:05 AM
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| Subject:
| RE: Accessing a Filer Root Volume from
Windows with only NFS Licensed |
You can download Services
For Unix from Microsoft for free and it will let you map a drive to a NFS
share the same was as a CIFS share. Save yourself the CIFS license if this
really is only for management.
From a management standpoint
you can still you the Computer Management MMC to manage everything.
Jeremy M. Page____________________
Systems Architect
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336.601.7274
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com
[mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]
On Behalf Of Jimmy Corncrake
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:22 AM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Accessing a Filer Root Volume from Windows with only NFS Licensed
Hi,
we are in the process of deploying
a number of Filers which will provide Storage for VMWARE. To date we have
always run CIFS as our Storage has up until now served Windows client requests
only. Our new Filers will be running with NFS licensed as opposed to CIFS.
As I am a self confessed UNIX illiterate I will want to presist with managing
these new Filers from my Windows Clients. I know that ISCSI. which will
be licenced. will provide us with some CIFS features such as the ability
to register the devices within AD and create CIFS shares which will be
read-only. However we will still want to retain the ability to read-write
the root volume and in generally manage these devices as we have done until
now. I assume to achieve this I will need to install NFS Client software.
Does anyone have an recommendations on such client software or any other
observations that may be of use to us as we step beyond our familiar boundaries?
Jimmy C.
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