NFS client possible on VBR server?

[Gostev]

OK, thanks for the update!

[EBoucq]

One more question out of curiosity: how come a showmount command from a unix/linux client to a Veeam server doesn't return anything like there was no nfs share ?

Thanks.

[Gostev]

Perhaps it simply does not implement this query, because it was never meant to be a full blown NFS server.

[EBoucq]

Thanks for your answer Gostev.
FYI, your Veeam NFS server works perfectly!

[Gostev]

Well, it must work perfectly... in the end, our users are trusting it to run their production VMs when disaster hits

[smarechal]

Hi Gostev,

I finally worked this out. I thought a showmount would return the nfs share. I was wrong.
Plus I had no idea I had to use the string "/VeeamBackup" in the path since the share on the Veeam server is named NfsDatastore.
I guess I'm little confused but now it's working and that's what matters
Thanks for your time !
Eric

Hello,

I can't get it work. What did you put exactly ?

Thanks a lot.

[nielsengelen]

Have a look at https://www.veeam.com/kb1284. It explains how to mount the vPower NFS share.

[smarechal]

I tried it, but vPowerNFS logs said:

And vSphere client:
Échec de montage NFS 10.1.10.3:/VeeamBackup_BACKUP : le montage requis a été refusé par le serveur NFS. Vérifiez que l'export existe et que le client a l'autorisation de le monter.

[Vitaliy S.]

Siegfried, please avoid posting log snippets as per our forum rules. Full logs investigation is required here and our support team can assist you with this.

[smarechal]

Sorry, i didn't read them. I'll open a support case.

[nielsengelen]

Is your Veeam server called BACKUP?

[smarechal]

Yes it is.

PS: i open support case: 01268795

[smarechal]

Thanks to Konstantin K. (support team).

The solution was to add the FQDN like this and not just NETBIOS:
Address : 10.1.10.3
Repository : /VeeamBackup_BACKUP.domaine.lan
Name : VeeamBackup_BACKUP.domaine.lan

Your support is really great!

[fabian.muecher]

Not trying to resuscitate an old zombie thread, but it might help others that for me in Veeam B&R 9.5 the correct syntax was:

192.168.100.101/VeeamBackup_NetBIOSComputer.NetBIOSDOmain_
(e.g. 192.168.100.101/VeeamBackup_Server1.contoso_)

In no blog, KB article or forum thread was there an underscore appended...what did it for me was to delete the current vLab configuration from the cluster and re-add it manually and start a dummy Sure Backup Job to force Veeam to make the NFS mount itself.
Could it be that older Active Directory domains somehow drag some strange variations of NetBIOS syntax with them?