Re: NFS newbie

From: Lon Stowell (LonDot.Stowell_at_ComcastPeriod.Net)
Date: 12/19/03 

Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:05:07 GMT

Roughly 12/19/03 06:35, ABE's monkeys randomly typed:

> I get this error. What seems to be the problem?

  Any number of things.
>
> Dec 16 01:20:16 loststdb nfs: [ID 333984 kern.notice] NFS server losdev6 not
> responding still trying

  One of the most non-isolating error messages ever.

  Basically your system is an nfs client accessing an nfs server.
  For some reason the server is not responding to the client requests.

  This has very good odds of being for reasons having nothing to
  do with either machine. A common cause would be half duplex
  mismatch in the network. Have also seen it caused by problems
  with the nfs server reaching the naming service. Or a bad
  switch port, or a bad router, or a misconfigured router, or or or or.
  It could be due to a problem accessing the storage on the nfs server
  but that is rarer than network issues. See if the server logs
  have anything useful. Then you may want to speed test the
  connection to check for network issues.
>
> Dec 16 02:27:42 loststdb nfs: [ID 563706 kern.notice] NFS server losdev6 ok

  It finally got an answer for one request.
>
> Dec 16 02:30:19 loststdb nfs: [ID 333984 kern.notice] NFS server losdev6 not
> responding still trying

  And is back at it..
>
> 

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