Installing NETWORK FILE Server

(Note: NFS Server works on Windows 2003 R2 with Service pack 2 & Windows 2008  )

1. On the Windows 2003 Server make sure “Microsoft Services for NFS” in installed. If not you need to add it under Add/Remove Programs, Windows Components, Other Network File and Print Services
2. Next go to folder you want to share and right-click on it and select Properties
3. Click on the NFS Sharing tab and select “Share this Folder”
4. Enter a Share Name, check “Anonymous Access” and make sure the UID and GID are both .
5. In Virtual Center, select your ESX server and click the “Configuration” tab and then select “Storage”
6. Click on “Add Storage” and select “Network File System” as the storage type
7. Enter the Windows Server name, the folder (share) name and a descriptive Data store Name
8. Once it finishes the configuration you can now map your VM’s CD-ROM devices to this new VMFS volume
Note: It is assumed that you have already installed Active Directory and DNS with the correct configuration.
Open the Control Panel and then start the Add/Remove Programs utility. After it has started select from the left panel “Add/Remove Windows Components.”

This will open a new panel. A list of components will be presented. Those components that already have a checkmark in the box at their left are already installed. Scroll down until you find the entry for ‘Other Network File and Print Services.’ (Why NFS is lumped in with Print Services is unknown, but this arrangement does change with the next Server release.)

Now select the Details button. A new window will open titled “Other Network File and Print Services.”

From this Window choose “Microsoft Services for NFS” and choose Details again. Yet another window will open, showing all of the available components related to NFS, titled ‘Microsoft Services for NFS.’

In the ‘Microsoft Services for NFS’ window you will select all of the components that you need to support your local configuration. You should check all of the available selection boxes in a typical situation because all of these components will be needed. If you are not going to use UNM because all of your client machines are now Windows Vista then you won’t need to select User Name Mapping. Once all of the choices are made, click on OK (several times) to begin the installation/activation.