Re: exported nfs drive not mounting after reboot


Thanks for the responses.
I am using NIS so maybe I'll check the /etc/hosts files on the clients as they normally just specify there own ip stuff.
Just the client is getting restarted.

Mark
cbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx 05/Oct/2006 9:28 am >>>


Also make sure you are not relying on NIS or DNS to resolve the remote host's name/IP.

NIS starts after the mount command is issued. Sometimes (most times) the mount request expires before the system knows who "serverA" is.

To test, put the NFS server name and IP address in the local "/etc/hosts" file. Then reboot.

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I am assuming you are not rebooting both the server and the client at the same time. If that is so, then the server may not be up and exporting when the client is up and ready to mount.

Hope that help,

Christopher M. Baker
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HPCE - Linux Cluster Development and Support
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Re: exported nfs drive not mounting after reboot




On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:46:11AM -0600, Mark Schlechte wrote:

I have some nfs mount points defined between Aix servers and after a reboot they do not automatically re-mount.
If I just issue a 'mount all' or specifically mount that filesystem it always mounts, no problem.

Example from lfs output.
Name Nodename Mount Pt VFS Size Options Auto Accounting
/tech/notes serverA /tech/notes nfs 102400 bg,soft,intr yes no

Section from /etc/filesystems:
/tech/notes:
dev = /tech/notes
vfs = nfs
nodename = serverA
mount = true
options = bg,soft,intr
size = +102400
account = false

I think this must be a simple issue to resolve but not sure where to start.

Mark

Do you have other nfs filesystems on this machine that do mount?

Check to make sure that /etc/rc.nfs is being run (it is not commented out
of /etc/inittab)

If rc.nfs is being run, make sure that the line '/usr/sbin/mount -v nfs all'
is being run.

Make sure that /usr/sbin/mount -t nfs or /usr/sbin/mount -v nfs all works
with no error messages.

hth,

bob





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