NFS server (pid729@/net) not responding still trying

[Mikikiki]

Dear All,
While trying to start ignite backup on my hp-ux I receive this warning:
“WARNING: hostname is an unknown host” and followed by the message
“NFS server (pid729@/net) not responding still trying”
I was reading on some previous threads that I need to change “AUTOMOUNT=1” to 0 in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file.
I still did not try this because it is business critical server so I am waiting for a maintenance window to try this.
My question is, if this is secure operation because I do not have ignite backup and I can not do it write now.
Second question is if there are any additional parameters to check, I am pretty sure that I have some problem with my dns but my /etc/hosts file looks to be ok.
Thank you in advance,

[S. Ney · Accepted solution]

I am not sure if this will apply but I had a DNS resolution issue once when trying to take an ignite backup of one of my servers,so here were my steps:
1./etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf
nfs_server=1 (for ignite server)
nfs_client=1 (for ignite client to be backed up)
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop/start (ignite server)
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop/start (ignite client)
2.uncomment tftp and inetd -c on ignite host (recomment and inetd -c after backup)
3./var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/clientname (must be hostname of client)
4./var/opt/ignite/clients/MAC address must be the lan that the hostname resolves to. (esp with multiple interfaces configured) also be sure ownership is bin:bin
5.edit etc/exports and add the lines /var/opt/ignite/clients -anon=2 & /var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/clientname -anon=2 (this makes it for everyone so be sure to unexport when your backup is complete)
6.exportfs -av
7.run your make net recovery command from client
8. when done exportfs -ua

[Michael Steele_2]

From Ignite Server:

showmount -e

What NFS filesystem you are exporting. This should be your image archive directory. It's size should be approximately

( 2 * Clients * 4 GB )

From Client Server

showmount -d

what you are mounting as a client. Should be of the form:

Ignite_Server:/ignite/images/archive/recovery

Paste in these response for further debugging, after you have verified /etc/exports from the server and /etc/fstab from the clients.