Msnfs Use Scenarios; Msnfs Components - HP STORAGEWORKS ALL-IN-ONE STORAGE SYSTEM User Manual

• Administration components
• Password synchronization
• Server for NIS
The UNIX Identity Management component is not enabled by default on the storage system. To install
this component:
1. Access Add/Remove Programs.
2. Select Add/Remove Windows Components > Active Directory Services > Details.
3. Install Identity Management for Windows.

MSNFS use scenarios

The following use scenarios are supported by MSNFS file services:
• Allow UNIX clients to access resources on computers running Windows Server 2003 R2.
Your company may have UNIX clients accessing resources, such as files, on UNIX file servers. To
take advantage of new Windows Server 2003 features, such as Shadow Copies for Shared
Folders, you can move resources from your UNIX servers to computers running Windows Server
2003 R2. You can then set up MSNFS to enable access by UNIX clients that are running NFS
software. All of your UNIX clients will be able to access the resources using the NFS protocol with
no changes required.
• Allow computers running Windows Server 2003 R2 to access resources on UNIX file servers.
Your company may have a mixed Windows and UNIX environment with resources, such as files,
stored on UNIX file servers. You can use MSNFS to enable computers running Windows Server
2003 R2 to access these resources when the file servers are running NFS software.

MSNFS components

MSNFS comprises the following three main components:
• Username Mapping Server
Username Mapping Server maps user names between Windows and UNIX user accounts. In a
heterogeneous network, users have separate Windows and UNIX security accounts. Users must
provide a different set of credentials to access files and other resources, depending on whether
they are stored on a Windows or UNIX file server. To address this issue, Username Mapping
Server maps the Windows and UNIX user names so that users can log on with either their Windows
or UNIX credentials and access resources regardless of whether they are stored on a Windows
or UNIX file server.
• Server for NFS
Normally, a UNIX computer cannot access files on a Windows-based computer. A computer
running Windows Server 2003 R2 and Server for NFS, however, can act as a file server for both
Windows and UNIX computers.
• Client for NFS
Normally, a Windows-based computer cannot access files on a UNIX computer. A computer
running Windows Server 2003 R2 and Client for NFS, however, can access files stored on a
UNIX-based NFS server.
The Client for NFS feature of the Microsoft Services for NFS component is not preinstalled on the
storage system although information about this feature appears in the online help. To enable Client
for NFS:
162 Microsoft Services for Network File System (MSNFS)