nfs cant mount remotely

[Todd McDaniel_1]

we are changing the server from which we have an nfs mount exported...

I ported the file to the new host and executed exportfs -a... however, on the other boxes I try to mount the nfs exported directory but I get the following error.

nfs mount: get_fh: chdcfas4.sbc.com:: RPC: Program not registered
nfs mount: get_fh: chdcfas4.sbc.com:: RPC: Program not registered
nfs mount: retry: retrying(1) for: /appl/finapps/appscds after 5 seconds
nfs mount: retry: giving up on: /appl/finapps/appscds

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

Do you have the NFS server running on the new box? Check your /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf and make sure NFS_SERVER is set to 1. Then do a

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

Now try your mount again

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Have you got nfs server and nfs client running on the box where you did an export, and nfs client running on the other box.

Hope it helps,
Robert-Jan.

[Mark Grant]

Sounds like one or the other machines doesn't have nfs services configured correctly.

Make sure you have all the right things set in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf on both hosts and then stop and restart the services thus (some probably aren't running but stopping them won't hurt)

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

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


Then "exportfs -a" again

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Okay started the core/server/client on the server doing the exporting...

However, I still get the same error...

All of these servers had an nfs mount from a different box. All I am trying to do is move the filesystem being exported from one box to another.

all the other boxes are running a client already.

[Todd McDaniel_1]

What should the permissions be on /etc/exports.. it should be exe at least right?

[Mark Grant]

If you haven't updated /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf, it won't have made any diference.

Anyway, try "ps -ef | grep nfs" and you should get something like this

root 1401 1396 0 Oct 18 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/nfsd 4
root 1396 1 0 Oct 18 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/nfsd 4
root 1402 1401 0 Oct 18 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/nfsd 4
root 1403 1396 0 Oct 18 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/nfsd 4
root 1404 1403 0 Oct 18 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/nfsd 4
root 1405 1396 0 Oct 18 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/nfsd 4
root 10905 9937 1 17:23:48

You also need "rpc" servers started too so try a "ps -ef | grep rpc" too and make sure you have rpc.mountd running.

[Pramod_4]

1) Ensure that you modified rc.config.d/nfsconf file to start the nfs servers daemons.
2) Do a 'export -a" once you have started the nfs server.

3) from the client do "showmount -e " ? Does it list your exported directory ?

Pramod

[Todd McDaniel_1]

mark,

this is what is running when I grep for rpc

root 1317 1 0 Oct 18 ? 0:57 /opt/dce/sbin/rpcd
root 7200 1 0 10:23:08 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.lockd
root 6937 1 0 10:22:26 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpcbind
root 7194 1 0 10:23:08 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.statd

There is no rpc.mountd running. I think that may be the one thing stopping it.

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Okay got it running now thanks for your help.. heh the mountd wasnt running.