Mounted Remote File System

[ktodorovflagtelecom.com]

Hello,
I have a problem with a server where remote file system were mounted using NFS in SAM. The second server where the file system was exported from is not any longer on the network. Now I get the folowing message every time I try use SAM:
"NFS server xxx.yyyy.com not responding still trying"
and I cannot open any of the filesystem related functions in SAM.
Is there way of stopping the NFS Server to look for the mounted remote file system so I can get full access to SAM?

Thanks in advance.

[Pete Randall]

Kiril,

You could try to unmount it. Do a bdf or a mount to find the "culprit" and then do a umount "culprit". If that doesn't it do it, a re-boot should.

Good luck,
Pete

[S.K. Chan]

First lets try clear the hung mount, if it does not work, reboot is the only way ..
# mount -v
==> take not of the remote mounted FS
(example mars:/dirA ...)
# fuser -k mars:/dirA
==> try to kill
# umount mars:/dirA
If unsuccessful, you need to reboot.

[John Carr_2]

Hi

checkout the file /etc/mnttab if there is an entry for the bad mount remove it.


John.

[Pete Randall]

From man mnttab:WARNINGS
The table is provided only as a means for programs to return
information about mounted file systems.

/etc/mnttab should never be manually edited. Any manual changes made
to /etc/mnttab are overwritten without warning by syncer, mount, and
umount.

Pete

[Arockia Jegan]

Unmount the nfs file system by umount . If you couldn't unmount that file system use fuser -ck . Also remove the specific nfs file system from /etc/fstab file. In the worst case you can try to stop the nfs client and start it again.