How to configure Windows 2008 NFS to work with vSphere

[justinab73]

Hi All,

I had a terrible time finding out how to set up NFS properly in Windows 2008 so it would work vSphere. I am attaching a PDF to this post on how to do it. It is not my document. Can't take any credit for it. It was written by the guys over at www.xtravirt.com. I just wanted to share the info.

The documentation I found from MS on setting up NFS using windows 2008 is completely useless. It appears to be written for 2003 not 2008. Here's the document. Hopefully this helps someone else.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Moved to the vSphere Storage Forum.

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[LucasAlbers]

In my opinion based on previous discussions, their have been reports of data corruption and vm lockups.

I wouldn't use it unless vmware supported it.