Dell PowerVault NX300 User Manual - Page 29

Option 2: Windows 2008 Domain Controller as Identity Mapping Source

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Option 2: Windows 2008 Domain Controller as Identity Mapping Source Go to the Windows 2008 Domain Controller and install Identity Management for Unix using Server Manager Roles Add Role Services. NOTE: Windows 2008 Domain Controller needs to be rebooted to activate this service. Configuration Steps 1 Go to NFS client, note down the user name, group name, UID and GID details. 2 Go to the Domain Controller. 3 Open Active Directory Users and Computers, and create the UNIX user name and group. 4 Add the user to the group created in the previous step. 5 Select the newly-created user, go to Properties Unix Attributes. Modify the UID, GID, shell, home directory, and domain details (captured earlier from the NFS client). 6 Select the newly-created group, check the GID (ensure it matches the UNIX GID), modify the UNIX properties, add the members (users that you added in the previous step) and click Apply. 7 Go to PowerVault NAS Windows Storage Server 2008 (NFS) Server. 8 Click StartPrograms Administrative Tools Services for Network File System (NFS). 9 Select Services for NFS, right-click Properties Active Directory domain name as your Identity mapping source, type the Windows 2008 domain name and click Apply. Option 3: User Name Mapping (UNM) Server as Identity Mapping Source 1 On the NAS system, click Start Administrative Tools Services for Network File System (NFS). 2 In the window that appears, right-click Services for NFS and select Properties. 3 Select User Name Mapping as the Identity mapping source and type the Hostname of your User Name Mapping server in the space provided. Using Your NAS System 29

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Option 2: Windows 2008 Domain Controller as Identity Mapping Source
Go to the
Windows 2008 Domain Controller
and install
Identity
Management for Unix
using
Server Manager
Roles
Add Role Services.
NOTE:
Windows 2008 Domain Controller needs to be rebooted to activate this
service.
Configuration Steps
1
Go to
NFS client
, note down the user name, group name, UID and GID
details.
2
Go to the
Domain Controller.
3
Open
Active Directory Users and Computers
, and create the UNIX user
name and group.
4
Add the user to the group created in the previous step.
5
Select the newly-created user, go to
Properties
Unix Attributes
. Modify
the UID, GID, shell, home directory, and domain details (captured earlier
from the NFS client).
6
Select the newly-created group, check the GID (ensure it matches the
UNIX GID), modify the UNIX properties, add the members (users that
you added in the previous step) and click
Apply
.
7
Go to
PowerVault NAS Windows Storage Server 2008 (NFS) Server
.
8
Click
Start
Programs
Administrative Tools
Services for Network
File System (NFS)
.
9
Select
Services for NFS
, right-click
Properties
Active Directory domain
name
as your Identity mapping source, type the
Windows 2008
domain name
and click
Apply
.
Option 3: User Name Mapping (UNM) Server as Identity Mapping Source
1
On the
NAS
system, click
Start
Administrative Tools
Services for
Network File System (NFS)
.
2
In the window that appears, right-click
Services for NFS
and select
Properties
.
3
Select
User Name Mapping
as the Identity mapping source and type the
Hostname of your User Name Mapping server
in the space provided.