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NFS Client for Windows
I needed to access some AIX and linux NFS shares so I tried to find a tool to access the NFS shares. Although there are some tools like diskaccess but these are not free, and I really don't like to pay for software when it's not necessary. After searching some more I found there is a NFS client included with Windows, you just have to download the software and install it.
Installation
After downloading the software extract the package and double click the setup.exe. For my installation I used these settings during the install:
After the installation I rebooted my machine just to be sure… it is Windows after all…
Mount commands
After the reboot I could mount, check and unmount a share like this:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount
Local Remote Properties
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount nfsserver:/mnt/data x:
x: is now successfully connected to nfsserver:/mnt/data
The command completed successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount
Local Remote Properties
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x: \\nfsserver\mnt\data UID=-2, GID=-2
rsize=32768, wsize=32768
mount=soft, timeout=0,8
retry=1, locking=yes
fileaccess=755, lang=ANSI
casesensitive=no
C:\WINDOWS\system32>umount x:
Disconnecting x: \\nfsserver\mnt\data
The command completed successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>mount
Local Remote Properties
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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