Unable to find NFS powershell module

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Based on NFS Module | Microsoft Learn, NFS is an available module. However, when I try to use the commands in the module, it doesn’t work.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-NfsClientConfiguration
Get-NfsClientConfiguration : The term ‘Get-NfsClientConfiguration’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,
function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the
path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

  • Get-NfsClientConfiguration
  •   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-NfsClientConfiguration:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

PS C:\Windows\system32> Install-Module -Name NFS
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name ‘NFS’. Try
Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1809 char:21

  • … $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power…InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Ex
      ception
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

Get-Module -list is not showing NFS.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Find-Module -Name NFS
PackageManagement\Find-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name ‘NFS’. Try
Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1397 char:3

  •     PackageManagement\Find-Package @PSBoundParameters | Microsoft ...

  •     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power…ets.FindPackage:FindPackage) [Find-Package], Exceptio
      n
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.FindPackage
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I think it’s only available on Windows server

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Thank you for looking in to this. I am running Windows 2019 Server

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Hey Aboo and welcome to the forums!

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I took a look at this and it’s a manifest file:

    Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                PSEdition ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                --------- ----------------
Manifest   1.0                   NFS                                 Core,Desk {Get-NfsMappedIdentity, Get-NfsNetgroup, Install-NfsMappingStore, New-NfsMappedIdentity…}

In order to be able to use this, I’d recommend making sure that the program NFS is available for use which can be found here.

Let me know if this helps!

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Do you have all of the NFS rsat components installed? Should be part of that

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It comes with one of the available Windows server features. If I had to guess I’d say either the file server or the ressource manager for file server.

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I believe this is the command
Install-WindowsFeature FS-NFS-Service -IncludeManagementTools

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Sounds plausible. :+1:t3:

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Thank you all for help on this. I found something (please excuse my ignorance). There is two power shell. One is “Windows Powershell” and “Windows Powershell (x86)”. I have the commands and NFS modules available if I start the “Windows Powershell” . However, they aren’t available with “Windows Powershell (x86)”. I am using x86 architecture. A couple of things if you could help:

  1. Although it doesn’t matter now, I am keen to know s the difference between “Windows Powershell” and “Windows Powershell (x86)”?

  2. When I run the command in “Windows Powershell”, the command is there and executing. However, I get the following error. It is not a very helpful message :frowning: Is there a way to debug this? There is nothing in the Windows event logs (Application, system and security). I also figured that none of the options work with this command. The options are listed in Set-NfsClientConfiguration (NFS) | Microsoft Learn

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-NfsClientConfiguration -MountType hard
Set-NfsClientConfiguration : A general error occurred that is not covered by a more specific error code.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-NfsClientConfiguration -MountType hard
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (MSFT_NfsClientConfig:root/Microsoft/...NfsClientConfig) [Set-NfsClientCon
   figuration], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 1,Set-NfsClientConfiguration

PS C:\Windows\system32>
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