NFS over tcp does "not start" on HPUX 11.11

[Tom Toeller]

All,

We see the following messsage in syslog - why would NFS over TCP not be starting? Everything we have read talks of tcp as the default protocol for NFS under 11.11. We do have /etc/services with the following entry:

nfsd 2049/udp # NFS remote file system
nfsd 2049/tcp # NFS remote file system

And from syslog.log:

Jun 28 12:27:53 server1 /usr/sbin/nfsd[2040]: Cannot get address for transport
tcp host \1 service nfsd
Jun 28 12:27:53 server1 /usr/sbin/nfsd[2040]: Cannot establish NFS service over
tcp: transport setup problem.

Thanks

[Torsten.]

Hi Tom,

did you check the name resolution already?

[Tom Toeller]

Thanks for the reply, however, what exactly do you mean if I have checked name resolution?

[skt_skt]

nfsd-keepalive 1110/udp # Client status info
nfsd-status 1110/tcp # Cluster status info
nfsd 2049/udp # NFS remote file system
nfsd 2049/tcp # NFS remote file system


check the requiered services are up and running.

adedd13n:root [/sbin/init.d] ll nfs*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 13893 Jun 16 2006 nfs.client
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 7138 Jun 16 2006 nfs.core
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 8060 Nov 14 2000 nfs.server

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

Torsten points to

grep services /etc/nsswitch.conf

Having configured pure NIS resolution for the services entry, a local file /etc/services is not used. Problems when binding to a NIS server may lead to your problem then.

mfG Peter

[Tom Toeller]

Peter, thanks for the clarification of what Torsten meant! And yes, this was the issue! The NIS services file did not contain the nfsd 2049/tcp entry, and the server's nsswitch.conf had NIS first for services, even though the local /etc/services was correct, NIS "was first"!

I have made the change and all is well with NFS over TCP!

Thank you Torsten and Peter!

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

nice to hear, that our suggestions worked!
Now is the time to look at the points system:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

mfG Peter

[Torsten.]

Sorry, maybe this was not clear enough but usually you find the reason there.

Have fun!