topic Re: NFS to be mounted on windows server in Network and Storage Protocols

NFS to be mounted on windows server

Sairajeevmic — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:09:45 GMT

Can we add windows servers to the export-policy ?

Re: NFS to be mounted on windows server

derekb — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:45:38 GMT

Yes. If you are using PCNFS to mount an NFS exported directory on a Windows client host then ONTAP will grant access based on the export policy.

If you are using SMB to map a network drive on a Windows client host then ONTAP typically ignores the export policy and will grant access based on the share ACL. You can enable use of an export policy on the SMB share, for an added layer of security, using the "-is-exportpolicy-enabled true"option of the "vserver cifs options modify" command.

This is covered in the ONTAP Security and Compliance Solutions Administration course.

Re: NFS to be mounted on windows server

BRadyovich — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:12:18 GMT

I've done it before, and it works fine. Just make sure to set up the export policy right, and you should be good to go.

Re: NFS to be mounted on windows server

wareer — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:25:13 GMT

You mount an export policy on windows that you want to add，You also need to enable access，how to enable you can see the official link below：https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/nfs-admin/enable-access-windows-nfs-clients-task.html