Configuring and Performing Appliance Data Backups
Configure a Share using Windows Services for UNIX 3.5
Configuring the share involves identifying the folder to share and specifying the correct permissions and
access.
To configure WSU 3.5 as an NFS server for a MARS Appliance, follow these steps:
Step 1
Start Windows Explorer on the Window host where you installed WSU 3.5.
Step 2
Create the folder where you want the MARS archives to be stored.
An example folder is C:\MARSBackups.
Right-click on the folder you created and click the NFS Sharing tab.
Step 3
Select the Share this folder option, and enter a name in the Share name field.
Step 4
An example share name can be the same as the folder name, MARSBackups.
Select the Allow Anonymous Access check box.
Step 5
As the Windows server cannot directly authenticate the MARS Appliance, you must select this option.
Click Permission.
Step 6
The NFS Share Permissions dialog box appears.
Select ALL MACHINES under Name, and then select No Access from the Type of Access list.
Step 7
Click Add.
Step 8
Step 9
Enter the IP address of the MARS Appliance, and click OK.
Step 10
Select the IP address of the MARS Appliance, then select Read-Write from the Type of Access list.
Ensure that ANSI is selected from the Encoding list.
Click OK to save your changes and close the NFS Share Permissions dialog box.
Step 11
Step 12
Click Apply to enable your changes.
If the Apply does not work, you did not reboot the server after installing WSU 3.5. To work around this
Note
issue, you must reboot the server and repeat this procedure.
From the DOS command window, enter the following commands:
Step 13
These commands modify the shared folder the permissions so that Everyone has local filesystem access
to the folder. Example usage:
Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy
Step 14
Under Local Security Policy > Security Options, double-click Network Access: Let Everyone
Step 15
permissions apply to anonymous users, select Enabled, and click OK.
This option equates the Anonymous user to the Everyone user.
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cd <PathToParentOfShareFolder>
cacls <ShareFolderName> /E /G everyone:F
cd C:\archive
cacls MARSBackups /E /G everyone:F
Chapter 6
Administering the MARS Appliance
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