Installing NTFS Support

For Windows File-Level Restore operations, the Storware Backup and Recovery Node must be able to access NTFS file systems. On Linux-based nodes, this functionality is provided by the ntfs-3g package.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Install ntfs-3g on each node that will be used for Windows file-level operations.

Register the system with Red Hat Subscription Management if it is not already registered:

sudo subscription-manager register
sudo subscription-manager attach --auto

Enable the CodeReady Builder repository:

sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-$(arch)-rpms

Install the EPEL repository package:

sudo dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm

Refresh package metadata:

sudo dnf makecache

Install ntfs-3g:

sudo dnf install -y ntfs-3g

Verify the installation:

ntfs-3g --version

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Register the system with SUSE Customer Center if it is not already registered:

sudo SUSEConnect -r <registration_code> -e <email_address>

Enable SUSE Package Hub for the installed service pack.

For SLES 15 SP3:

sudo SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/15.3/x86_64

For SLES 15 SP4:

sudo SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/15.4/x86_64

For SLES 15 SP5:

sudo SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/15.5/x86_64

Refresh repositories:

sudo zypper refresh

Install ntfs-3g:

sudo zypper install -y ntfs-3g

Verify the installation:

ntfs-3g --version

To check which Package Hub extension is available for the system, run:

sudo SUSEConnect --list-extensions | grep -i PackageHub

Ubuntu 22.04

Update package metadata:

sudo apt update

Install ntfs-3g:

sudo apt install -y ntfs-3g

Verify the installation:

ntfs-3g --version

Debian 12.5

Update package metadata:

sudo apt update

Install ntfs-3g:

sudo apt install -y ntfs-3g

Verify the installation:

ntfs-3g --version