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Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

 
Knight
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Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

Hello,

I've power-on a server that was stopped for months and it hangs in the Start-up Progress.

Everything ok until the "Start NFS Server Subsytem" process...it's looping in wait/busy status!

Any suggestions for this issue?

Thanks a lot,

Amer
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Mark Greene_1
Honored Contributor

Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

You've got a problem with either default gateway or a static route that is incorrect; or, the router you are pointing to has an incorrect route to the other system. The timeout is outrageously long, as I've discovered from booting a system when not connected to the network. It should eventually timeout and continue.

mark
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Pete Randall
Outstanding Contributor

Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

You can also use the break key sequence to interrupt and log in.


Pete

Pete
Steven E. Protter
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Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

This is commonly caused by errors in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

It could be an extra dot, it could be almost anything.

If your setup is not overly complex you can run set_parms and redo the networking for your system.

Otherwise you can disable the NFS subsystem, boot the box and diagnose and correct the networking issue.

You should be able to bypass the problem by ctrl-alt-\ at the console.

Depending on the type of networking issue, you may simply be able to telnet or ssh into the box at this point and checkt he configuration file and networking.

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HGN
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Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

Hi

The problem looks like the server is not able to reach the default gateway specified on the box. What happens is the server will keep re-trying and will give up and boot up. However the boot will take atleast a couple of hours or more. Once the server is up check the gateway netstat -rn and try and ping to the gateway if not need to fix the network to continue to work on the server.

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Gopi
Prashant Zanwar_4
Respected Contributor

Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

NFS may hang-up on your system is demanding some NFS shares which are not existing anymore. And also one reason can be default gateway is going through problems. Last and not least, once check on patches also which are installed there for NFS..check the leatest releases and issues with ITRC.

Hope this helps
Thanks
Prashant
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RAC_1
Honored Contributor

Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

Try doing following.

Press CTRL + SHIFT + | (pipe)
or Press SHIFT-DEL


If that does not work, boot into single user mode and modify the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file. Set the variable to 0

Anil
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Gary Yu
Super Advisor

Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

Just as a side note to this topic, what's the key combination to break out from a process while booting? it's Ctrl+ '\' or Ctrl+ALT+'\' or Ctrl+SHIFT+'\' or Ctrl+BREAK?

thanks,
Gary
Knight
Occasional Contributor

Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

Hello,

Thanks for the help..
I tried your tips and other things but with no success.

The problem was.... with the ethernet adapter!! no coments...:)


Thanks again,

Amer
Bill Hassell
Honored Contributor

Re: Start-up hangs Starting NFS server subsystem

NFS is very unfriendly when it comes to networking problems. The fix (to allow bootup) is to disable all NFS options in the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.

NFS_CLIENT=0
NFS_SERVER=0
PCNFS_SERVER=0
AUTOMOUNT=0
START_MOUNTD=0
AUTOFS=0

Once you resolve all netowkring config issues (and you still need NFS), then you can turn on the needed features. Otherwise, NFS startup will usually hang forever on bootup.


Bill Hassell, sysadmin