NFS

Owned by Gavin Biffar
Last updated: Jun 25, 2019
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The Universal Scale Storage service supports NFSv3 for client access. Below are the recommended mount options for Linux and macOS, as well as instructions for Windows 10


Linux

[user@localhost ~]$ sudo mount -t nfs -o intr,hard,tcp <USS>:/<export> /path/to/mountpoint


macOS

Mac:~ user$ sudo mount -t nfs -o rsize=65536,wsize=65536,intr,hard,tcp,locallocks,rdirplus,readahead=128,resvport <USS>:/<export> /path/to/mountpoint

Windows 10

Install the NFS client through Control Panel by selecting 'Programs' → 'Tun Windows features on or off' → 'Services for NFS'




Once the client is installed, we'll configure a custom UID/GID for access via the anon mount option by creating the needed DWORDs within the registry. In this example, we'll plan to pass the UID and primary GID of 0 to the NFS server.

Run 'regedit' to start the registry editor then navigate to '\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ClientForNFS\CurrentVersion\Default' and create two new DWORD (32-bit) values the the following names and a value of 0:

AnonymousUid

AnonymousGid



With the new registry values in place, reboot the Windows host. After the computer has been rebooted, the follow command can be used to mount the NFS export to the Z: drive letter:

C:\Users\myuser\>mount -o nolock,anon \\<USS>\<export> Z: