NFS on an existing NFS server

[Douglass Anderson]

I am adding a client to nfs mount a file on an existing nfs server. Both boxes are HPUX 11.11

I have added the directory and client to the server's "/etc/exports" file and run exportfs -a. No errors.

On the client I added the entry into the fstab file and ran mount /conversion and get the following error.

nfs mount: get_fh: osihrp01.pds:: RPC: Program not registered
nfs mount: retry: backgrounding: /conversion
nfs mount: get_fh: osihrp01.pds:: RPC: Program not registered
nfs mount: retry: retrying(1) for: /conversion after 5 seconds
mount: Unable to update mnttab

I see several issues like this, but the existing nfs server is working fine.
What did I forget?

[Tom Danzig · Accepted solution]

On the client, make sure NFS_CLIENT=1 in the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file and run "/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start".

[Douglass Anderson]

That client server already has NFS mounts on it for other servers.

I want to make sure I don't break the existing stuff out there.

[Dave Olker]

Hi Douglass,

Is the name of the server "osihrp01.pds"? If so, please try issuing these commands from the new 11.11 client:

# rpcinfo -p osihrp01.pds
# rpcinfo -u osihrp01.pds mountd
# rpcinfo -t osihrp01.pds nfs

Please post the output from these commands.

Regards,

Dave

[Douglass Anderson]

stupid user issue.

have to have the server name in the fstab not the client name.....Duh.