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PowerVault NX Series Network Attached Storage Systems Windows Storage Server 2016 Administrator's Guide

Windows domain controller as identity mapping source

To install and configure Identity Management for UNIX using the Dism.exe command:

Steps

  1. On the domain controller, right-click Windows PowerShell and click Run as Administrator.
  2. To install the administration tools for Identity Management for UNIX, run the following command and press Enter: Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:adminui /all
    NOTE: After Identity Management for UNIX is installed, restart the system. The /quiet parameter restarts the system automatically after the installation is completed.
  3. Go to NFS client, note down the user name, group name, UID, and GID details.
  4. Go to the Domain Controller.
  5. Open Active Directory Users and Computers, and then create the UNIX user name and group.
  6. Add the user to the group created in the previous step.
  7. 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).
  8. Select the newly created group, check the GID (ensure it matches the UNIX GID), modify the UNIX properties, add the members and users that you added in the task 6, and then click Apply.
  9. Go to PowerVault NAS Windows Storage Server 2016 (NFS) Server.
  10. Click Start > Administrative Tools > Services for Network File System.
  11. Select Services for NFS..
  12. Right-click Properties and select Active Directory domain name as your Identity mapping source.
  13. Type the Windows Storage Server domain name, and then click Apply.

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