stale error in NFS

[Sanjeev gupta_2]

Hi
What are the reasons of 'stale error' in NFS
Thx

[RAC_1]

Most of the time stale nfs errors are on account of network problmes between nfs clients and servers. They arise, because nfs clients has nfs share nounted, but can not access nfs server it over the network.

Check nfsstat on client and server.
netstat -an
ping to server and return time. Is nfs client able to resolve nfs server without problems??

[Arunvijai_4]

It means, you have to unmount and remount your filesystem in NFS.

-Arun

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

Based on the knowledge mine document :

See HP's "Installing and Administering NFS" HP manual for a basic description of
the cause of Stale NFS Mounts. This manual is available at http://docs.hp.com. Another reference would be
O'Reilly and Associates "NFS" and "NIS" Books for a more detailed description.

See the document (docID : KBRC00015726) about 'NFS stale File Handles on NFS clients' at this url below :

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000079971879

Check also this document from www.docs.hp.com :

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1153/5991-1153.pdf

See chapter 8 : 'Troubleshooting NFS Services'

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW

[VEL_1]

Hi,

Hope the following will help:

http://sysunconfig.net/unixtips/stale_nfs.txt

Thanks