Installing Services for NFS on the Windows 2003 R2 SP2 media server

This topic describes how to install Services for NFS on a Windows 2003 R2 SP2 media server.

To install Services for NFS on the Windows 2003 R2 SP2 media server

  1. Click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.

  2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

  3. Check Other Network File and Print Services and click Details.

  4. Check Microsoft Service for NFS and click Details.

  5. Install the components that apply to your configuration.

    • If the host is only a NetBackup media server, check the following components:

      • RPC External Data Representation

      • RPC Port Mapper

    • If you have a single host that functions as both the media server and the SQL back-end server, check the following components:

      • Client for NFS

      • Microsoft Services for NFS Administration

      • RPC External Data Representation

      • RPC Port Mapper

  6. Click OK.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Click Next and complete the Windows Components Wizard.

  9. After the installation is complete, open Services in the Control Panel.

  10. Depending on configuration of the host, verify that Client for NFS is running or is stopped and disabled:

    • For a single host that has both the media server and the SQL back-end server, ensure Client for NFS is running.

    • For a host that is only a NetBackup media server, Client for NFS can be stopped and disabled.

  11. 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.

More Information

About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on the Windows 2003 R2 SP2 NetBackup media server and NetBackup clients

Installing Services for NFS on SQL back-end servers with Windows 2003 R2 SP2