topic Re: pfs_mount in Operating System - HP-UX

pfs_mount

robert_15 — Wed, 14 Feb 2001 05:58:35 GMT

Hello

I am trying to mount my Oracle installation disk with an entry in my /etc/pfs_fstab file:
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /SD_CDROM pfs-rrip xlat=unix 0 0
and the following commands:

# nohup pfs_mountd &
# nohup pfsd &
# pfs_mount /SD_CDROM

The following error message appears:
pfs_mount: pfs_mountd at servername:/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 not
responding: : RPC: Timed out

pfs_mountd: can't contact pfs_mountd.rpc: servername: RPC_PMAP_FAILURE -
RPC_TIMED_OUT

Would appreciate any help :)

Re: pfs_mount

Dan Hetzel — Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:16:38 GMT

Hi Robert,

Here is a small script to start the daemons (thanks to Stefan Farrelly)

# Start pfs daemons

X=`ps -ef|grep pfs|grep -v grep|wc -l`
if [ $X -gt 1 ]
then
echo "nPFS processes already running! n"
ps -ef|grep pfs|grep -v grep
exit 1
fi
cd /tmp
nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd -v &
sleep 10
nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd 4 -v &
sleep 10

# To mount a Rock-Ridge CD-ROM
# /usr/sbin/pfs_mount -x unix -o nosuid /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0 /SD_CDROM

# To mount an Oracle CD see /etc/pfs_fstab, just do> pfs_mount /SD_CDROM

# NOTE: use /dev/rdsk for CD device, its more reliable

/usr/sbin/pfs_mount /SD_CDROM
---------------------

PFS is a third party product which has been patched a few times. Make sure that you have installed the latest cumulative patch.
for 10.20:PHCO_15453
for 11.0: PHCO_16438

The following documents could be useful as well:
# KBAN00000252 (PFS to mount Oracle, Rockridge and most PC formatted CD-ROM 11.x)
# KBAN00000197 (PFS to mount Oracle, Rockridge and most PC formatted CD-ROM 10.x)

Best regards,

Dan

Re: pfs_mount

Thomas Kollig — Wed, 14 Feb 2001 06:34:50 GMT

Hi!

Look here:
http://cthulhu.ale.org/ale-archive/ale-2000-04/msg00567.html

Hope this helps,

Thomas

Re: pfs_mount

Andrew Byrne — Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:10:18 GMT

I could be wrong but isn't your CD likely to be c2t2d0 not c1t2d0. Depending on the machine, c0t2d0 and c1t2d0 are generally internal disks.
Sorry if you've already checked.

Re: pfs_mount

Wodisch — Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:35:35 GMT

Have got your NFS portmapper daemon up and running?
PFS does need it, so do a
ps -ef | egrep "rpcbind|portmap"
to check for it. HP-UX 10.20 calls it "portmap" or even
"portmapper", whereas HP-UX 11.x calls it "rpcbind".
HTH,
Wodisch

Re: pfs_mount

robert_15 — Tue, 20 Feb 2001 06:03:09 GMT

hi

dan: ran the patch and script, started the daemons and pfs_mounted the CD but same error

thomas: still nothing here

andrew: c1t2d0 is correct....checked

wodisch: rpdbind started already

i think it may be something to do with the RPCs guys. After starting the daemons and doing a ps -ef|grep pfs, both pfs_mountd.rpc and pfsd.rpc show. However after a failed attempt to mount the CD, ps -ef|grep pfs doesnt show them anymore.

and the following message flashes on my screen:

pfs_mountd: can't contact pfs_mountd.rpc: servername: RPC_PMAP_FAILURE - RPC_TIMED_OUT

pfsd: can't contact pfsd.rpc: servername: RPC_PMAP_FAILURE - RPC_TIMED_OUT

any idea?
regards :)
robert

Re: pfs_mount

Andrew Byrne — Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:36:23 GMT

Could be a long shot but is name resolution working properly? If you do a nslookup on your hostname does it report back correctly, if not, that is your problem.

Re: pfs_mount

Scott Howell — Thu, 22 Feb 2001 05:22:57 GMT

Make sure you have name resolution set up correctly. Do a nslookup on the machine you are trying to mount the CD on. If you do not get a lookup then add your hostname and ip to the /etc/hosts and set nsswitch.conf in /etc to search /etc/hosts first before DNS. see man switch for more info on nsswitch.conf. There is and example nsswitch.conf in /usr/newconfig/etc that you can use as a template. But pfs_mount is very temperamental!!!

Re: pfs_mount

robert_15 — Thu, 22 Feb 2001 06:41:39 GMT

hi

this is what i did:
1) in the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file

NFS_CLIENT=1 <---changed to 1 from 0
NFS_SERVER=1
NUM_NFSD=4
START_MOUNTD=1

Then issue the following commands to restart the nfs server and client processes.
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.server start
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.client start

2)did a nslookup hostname to resolve name and made the necessary changes to the /etc/hosts file.

3)ran the pfs daemons and managed to pfs_mount the cd.

Thanks guys :)

robert