Trying to enable SFU, NFS Sharing tab does not appear.

[Subversive]

Hi, I have a Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2 box. I would like to share a folder to be visible from my ESX hosts. I have enabled Microsoft Services for NFS (everything) and rebooted. However, when I right click a folder and choose properties, I am expecting to see an "NFS Sharing" tab. However, I only see the standard tabs. Can anyone tell me how I can get this going? Thanks.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Check out http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_Windows_Services_For_UNIX_%28SFU%29_NFS. It covers non-R2, but how this works may help to explain why things are not showing up in R2. Certain services need to be running, etc.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education. As well as the Virtualization Wiki at http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Virtualization

[Subversive]

Yes, it definitely appears to be a services issue. When I try to start User Name Mapping Service, I get the following error in event viewer:

The User Name Mapping service failed to start due to the following error:

The image file User Name Mapping is valid, but is for a machine type other than the current machine.

Ideas what this means? Thanks.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Unfortunately no. I think it is time to hit Google or call in Microsoft. I think you may have the wrong SFU bits installed. Not the ones for R2?

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education. As well as the Virtualization Wiki at http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Virtualization

[Subversive]

Odd, I installed it directly from the control panel, using the same CD which I installed Windows with. Sadly google hasn't been much use. I guess I'll call Microsoft and see what happens.

Thanks.