PFS_MOUNTD problem...

[Sandip Samanta]

Hi all,

When I am trying to run pfs_mound daemon then I am getting followin g err message.

pfs_mountd: pfs_mountd: can't contact pfs_mountd.rpc: araballi: RPC: Program not registered
pfs_mountd: can't contact pfs_mountd.rpc: araballi: RPC: Program not registered

It was worked fine yesterday.. But from today morning it has started to show...
Pls help me

[Andy Monks]

You probably want to check that the pfsd daemon as well as the pfs_mountd daemon is running first.

[Anthony deRito]

First make sure you do not have the pfsd and pfs_mountd running. As root, start the following daemons in this order:

#nohup /usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &"
#nohup /usr/sbin/pfsd &"

When shuting down the daemons, use the reverse order. What I did is put this in a script called pfsmountcd that accepts the start and stop options. It works great.

Tony

[Rick Garland]

You are missing some daemons.

[Antoanetta Naghiu]

Do you have installed PHCO_16438 (this is for HP-UX 11.0, if runing 10.20, get the equiv.)
Install s700_800 11.00 PFS cumulative patch(PHCO_16438) and see. The patch description said that fix exactly your problem. I had this a while ago, and the patch did the job!
Good luck!

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

your "NCS broker daemons" may have died and you will need to restart them:

try the following:

# /sbin/init.d/nsc stop ; /sbin/init.d/nsc start

...then continue with running your pfsd (or making sure that it is running)

good luck

[Jason Luginbuhl]

If pfs_mountd will not start it may be because one of the four necessary deamons has "zombied":

pfs_mountd
pfs_mountd.rpc
pfsd
pfsd.rpc

If any of these show up in an ps -ef output as being owned by the PPID of 1, then it has zombied. If this is the case then I've never been able to start up pfs without rebooting to clear the zombie.

Also, this error you are getting can occur if a lan interface is configured "down". If you ifconfig the interface "up", it may resolve this.