automount : WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct

[OLIVA_1]

Hello,
I have some NFS files system which work properly. Nevertheless I have the following error mesage every 10 minutes :

Feb 22 07:05:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 07:15:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 07:25:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 07:35:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 07:45:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 07:55:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 08:05:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 08:15:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 08:25:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 08:35:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 08:45:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 08:55:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 09:05:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 09:15:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 09:25:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 09:35:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 09:45:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 09:55:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct
Feb 22 10:05:00 frrou01 automount[819]: WARNING: "proto" ignored for /usr/sap/trans in /etc/auto.direct

Someone can explain me why this message appears ?


Thanks,

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
could you have a job running trying to access the file system "proto"?

Please also :
grep -i proto /etc/auto.direct

[OLIVA_1]

No I haven't a job trying to access a proto file system...

"proto" means protocol in /etc/auto.direct file...

(root)#grep -i proto /etc/auto.direct
/sapmnt/P30 -rw,hard,proto=udp frrou01sg:/export/sapmnt/P30
/usr/sap/trans -rw,hard,proto=udp frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/trans
/usr/sap/sapsbi -rw,hard,proto=udp frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/sapsbi
/sapmnt/WP1 -rw,hard,proto=udp usrou01sg:/export/sapmnt/WP1
/usr/sap/transWP1 -rw,hard,proto=udp usrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/transWP1
(root)#


I don't understand why you think "proto" is a file system ???

[Peter Godron]

Sorry,
had to cover the basics (typos etc.)

Can you please, check whether there is any additional info in:
/var/adm/automount.log

Could you also (temporarily) test:
/usr/sap/trans -o"proto=udp"
frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/trans

I read the warning to mean that the default protocol (TCP) will be used.

[OLIVA_1]

There aren't no new log in /var/adm/automount.log since July 8th....


"Could you also (temporarily) test:
/usr/sap/trans -o"proto=udp"
frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/trans"

I have the same configuration on several servers whitout " "... it's strange because before January I had 1 message / day... and since Januray I have this message everay 10 minutes...

[Dave Olker]

Hi,

Can you tell me which OS you're running and which version of Automount/AutoFS you're running? This looks like an 11.0 system prior to NFS/TCP support, or a legacy automounter that didn't support TCP.

Please let me know which OS and Automounter you're running and I'll let you know if there are ways to work around this.

Regards,

Dave

[OLIVA_1]

Hi,

OS Version is HP-UX 11.11

I don't know how can I see version of Automount/AutoFS is running...


Now I have replace
/usr/sap/trans -rw,hard,proto=udp frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/trans

with

/usr/sap/trans -rw,hard frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/trans

and the error message doesn't appear anymore...


Thanks,

[Dave Olker · Accepted solution]

> Now I have replace
> /usr/sap/trans -rw,hard,proto=udp
> frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/trans
>
> with
>
> /usr/sap/trans -rw,hard
> frrou01sg:/export/usr/sap/trans
>
> and the error message doesn't appear
> anymore...

That makes sense, since the automounter is complaining about the "proto" option.

My guess is you're using the very old automounter here, which predates AutoFS and is not capable of making an NFS/TCP mount. This would explain why it didn't like the "proto" mount option - it predates the proto option.

If you are going to continue using an automounter of any kind on 11.11 I strongly encourage you to download the free upgrade to the Enhanced AutoFS, which can be found here:

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=ENHAUTO

This is a much newer, much improved version of the Automounter. I can't emphasise enough how much better this version is over the older AutoFS, or in your case the legacy automounter.

Do yourself a favor and get this enhanced AutoFS as soon as possible and install it on any 11.11 system running NFS.

This recommendation only applies to 11.11 systems because 11.0 is out of support life and we ship the enhanced AutoFS on 11.23 and later by default.

Regards,

Dave