nfs mount issue

[MikeL_4]

I have a server that has an nfs mount to another server that was taken offline...

The remote server admin never informed us the server was being shutdown before and now our server is hanging looking for the nfs mounted file systems....

Is there any way to get these cleared short of a reboot ??

[likid0 · Accepted solution]

Hy, if you have 11.23 or 11.31 you can use the umount -f /nfs_mountpint.

If you have 11.11 you can try to stop the nfs client and nfs core processes(if you don't have any other nfs mounts).

You can do it by:

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core stop

Try to umount it

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core start

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

You may try and configure the connection with autofs.

OR you can try this:

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core stop

/sbin/init.d/nfs.core start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start

That might help.

SEP

[MikeL_4]

I have tried to stop the nfs.client, but it ust hangs, never shuts down... any way to force it down to free these mounts ?

[VK2COT]

Hello,

You are obviously using aging HP-UX 11.11.

Please refer to some good references:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1203288078675+28353475&threadId=1139757

http://docs.hp.com/en/3929/ForciblyUnmountingNFSFilesystems.pdf

Regards,

VK2COT

[Avishay_Cohen]

in environment where the nfs server might go up/down sometimes, there is a place to consider using automounter rather than using fstab.
you'll get more flexible behaviour

[MikeL_4]

Thanks, was trying to avoid a reboot, but I guess there isn't any other way...