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Can a Windows System Mount an NFS File System Shared by an AIX 6.1 Server

I have a directory on an IBM AIX 6.1 system to which a Windows system needs access. I'm familiar with configuring NFS in AIX, but never for a Windows client. Can Windows systems "see" NFS file systems exported by UNIX (AIX) servers?
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Yes, but it depends on the Windows version whether it's shipped with the OS or has to be downloaded separately.

It's built into Windows 7 Enterprise, but not installed by default.

This thread has useful information and links:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/nfs-client-for-windows-7/42aae25d-d077-4ff9-abdf-7314a589c46d

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How can I find out whether I've got Samba installed on my server(s)?
In most cases it's controlled by inetd, so search in /etc/inetd.conf for "netbios-ssn" and "netbios-ns".

Sometimes it's started via inittab or an rc script. In this case smbd is always active and you can find it with "ps -ef | grep smbd".

Running

/usr/bin/smbstatus

is also an option, but not every Samba distribution ships it.

Some versions come as installp packages, so

lslpp -l | grep -i samba

could give you a hint.


Anyway, the presence of

/usr/sbin/smbd

or

/usr/local/sbin/smbd

means that Samba is installed one way or the other.
What is the significance of the pcnfsd daemon? I'm assuming that it should be enabled if I'm expecting any of the NFS clients to be running Windows.
(rpc.)pcnfsd is the daemon  program responsible for serving the PC-NFS client,
an NFS client implementation for DOS and Windows machines from SUN.

It originates from the 1990s and is no longer prevalent, due to the existence of current NFS-Windows products from Microsoft and third-party suppliers.

I'm rather sure that PC-NFS is no longer available on the market.
Eventually I'm going to need to implement NFS on my PowerHA cluster. Is there an HACMP facility for configuring NFS on cluster nodes?
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