Configuring NFS Shares

To use NFS shares with the Dell Management Plug-in for backup and restore operations, firmware updates, and as a staging folder, there are certain configuration items that you must complete. CIFS shares do not require additional configuration.

To configure NFS shares:

  1. On the machine hosting the NFS shares, edit /etc/exports to add: /share/path <appliance IP> (rw) *(ro).

    This allows the virtual appliance full read and write access to the share, but limits all other users to read only.

  2. Start nfs services:

    service portmap start
    service nfs start
    service nfslock status
  3. If any of the services were already running:

    exportfs -ra