Re: Can't mount VMS-TCPIP-NFS served disk on SunOS 4.1.4 client

From: John Gemignani, Jr. (john_at_nfw-invalid.cibtrikker.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:24:24 -0400

"Ken Randell" <kenneth.randell@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:iADfd.6854$8W6.2352@trnddc05...
> Some things to try:
>
> 1) Update to the latest ECO for TCP/IP 5.3 ... I had many problems with
> ECO
> 2 (files magically disappearing and reappearing, NFS Server getting stuck
> in
> a COM loop or 'permanent' LEF state, would not properly shut down, etc.).
> NFS under 5.3 ECO 4 is/was much more predictable.
>
> 2) Are you sure about the proxies/GIDs/UIDs are all the same?
>
> 3) Check ownership/ACLs on the root directory of whatever you are going to
> mount
>
> 4) Check exports are not being limited to certain IP addresses
>
> 4) You can debug some proxy issues by using sysconfig for the nfs...
>
> $@sys$manager:tcpip$define_commands
> $sysconfig -q nfs
>
> will list parameters.
>
> There's one called ovms_proxy_debug (or something like that). If you
> change
> it's value, and have an network operators console, you'll get various
> messages for what it's trying to do. I have notes at work on all of this;
> I
> can find them tomorrow if you would like.
>
>
>
>

Be careful about that value, be sure to set it to 1. Other values do
different things. (I didn't think that I told anyone about this...) And if
your on an SMP system you should not do this because VMS won't allow console
access to anyone other than the primary.

-John