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тАО07-07-2010 06:13 AM
тАО07-07-2010 06:13 AM
128:cp: cannot create /source/recship.lis: I/O error
After which we try recopying the file and it works okay. I have downloaded several documents on tuning NFS and have made the registry changes on the Windows server and it helped quite a bit, but we are still getting them about 10 times a day. The entries in the fstab look similar to this:
server.domain.com:/Source /source nfs retrans=10,timeo=14,rw,suid,hard,intr 0 0
Any other suggestions on where to look or what to try to eliminate these errors?
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тАО07-07-2010 07:03 AM
тАО07-07-2010 07:03 AM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
> Windows server [...]
If you think that the problem is on the
Windows system (which I'd guess is likely),
then why ask in an HP-UX forum?
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тАО07-07-2010 07:28 AM
тАО07-07-2010 07:28 AM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
The error is coming from the HP-UX servers. I have made all the changes I know to make on the Windows server side and was wondering if I missed something on the client side.
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тАО07-07-2010 07:39 AM
тАО07-07-2010 07:39 AM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
I feel like I've gone through everything I can on the Windows side from networking, processes and disk I/O. I can't find a bottleneck anywhere on that side. You say you believe it's a still a problem on the Windows side. What leads you to believe so?
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тАО07-07-2010 01:06 PM
тАО07-07-2010 01:06 PM
Solutionnfsstat -rc
then read this link on what the results tell you:
http://docs.hp.com/en/B1031-90070/ch05s03.html#cbdbcceb
And the reference page to the various arguments for the mount
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/mount_nfs.1M.html
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тАО07-07-2010 03:53 PM
тАО07-07-2010 03:53 PM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
> believe so?
You wrote, "[...] have made the registry
changes on the Windows server and it helped
quite a bit [...]". That, combined with my
never having seen anything like this on any
AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, or Tru64 system, was
what did it.
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тАО07-07-2010 04:43 PM
тАО07-07-2010 04:43 PM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
I/O error on write. So the HP-UX code is trying to write but the status back from the Windows box is [invalid:corrupted:timed-out:unknown] or something similar. There is no reason to assume that Unix NFS will be problem free when connecting to Windows where NFS is a very new protocol. Just like Unix systems, the first step is to display the NFS stats as well as bring the Windows NFS and networking code up to the latest revisions. And I am assuming that lanadmin -g
And if the Windows NFS has any logging capability, certainly turn that on. Otherwise, you'll have to use Wireshark to trace the error and start digging into the protocol.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО07-08-2010 11:09 AM
тАО07-08-2010 11:09 AM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
Are you using TCP or UDP for this mount? If you're using UDP, my first suggestion would be to try again with TCP.
If you're using TCP, I'd suggest mounting the filesystem without the "timeo=14" option. I always recommend leaving "timeo" set to default on TCP filesystems.
Hope this helps,
Dave
[Any personal opinions expressed are mine, and not official statements on behalf of Hewlett Packard Enterprise]
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тАО07-08-2010 11:50 AM
тАО07-08-2010 11:50 AM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
John - Great information. The first link you sent went right to the spot. The nfsstat -rc indicates that the timeout and bacxid were nearly the same. The link you sent says:
If the timeout and badxid values displayed by nfsstat -rc are of the same magnitude, your server is probably slow. Client RPC requests are timing out and being retransmitted before the NFS server has a chance to respond to them. Try doubling the value of the timeo mount option on the NFS clients.
I have already increased the timeout value to 14, which is double the default of 7. At what point is the timeout value too much?
Steve - Thanks, it looks like you were on the right track.
Bill - Thanks for the explanation and suggestion. That clears up a few things. I had not looked at lanadmin results.
Dave - I'm using TCP. As mentioned above, John's link suggested doubling the value of the timeo. I know I didn't submit the results of the nfsstat -rc earlier, but with this additional knowledge do you still suggest returning the timeo value to default? What other option would you take to address the timeout and badxid times?
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тАО07-08-2010 11:53 AM
тАО07-08-2010 11:53 AM
Re: Occasional I/O errors when copying to NFS shares
Dave
[Any personal opinions expressed are mine, and not official statements on behalf of Hewlett Packard Enterprise]