unable to mount of write error ...

[Marshmellow]

I am trying to create a network recovery. I get the error which suggests I should do :-

mkdir -p /var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/myServer1
vi /etc/exports
exportfs -av

After I carried out these steps, I still get the same error message. I have also checked that the directory is owned by bin:bin

Don't know where to go from here ... any help will be most appreciated.

[Torsten.]

Hi,

the error message would be helpfull ...

[V. Nyga]

Hi,m

what's your recovery command?
What have you written in exportfs?
What's the whole error text?

Please more details!
Volkmar

[DCE]

When you vi /etc/exports, what are entering/modifying?

An example entry:
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/myServer1 -anon=2,access=myServer1

[Marshmellow]

In the ignite GUI on my ignite server, I am able to use the option "Create tape recovery archive". However, if I choose to use "Create Network Recovery Archive" then after I typed the root password in, the ignite GUI comes back with the "Unable to mount or write ..." error message as I mentioned earlier. On the same error screen, it displays info on my ignite server I should mkdir ... etc (i.e. all the steps I mentioned in my original posting).

In my /etc/exports file, I have an entry as "DCE" said var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/myServer1 -anon=2,access=myServer1

Can you see what I am trying to do?

[V. Nyga]

Hmmm,

do you want to make a Network Recovery of your ignite server?

V.

[Torsten.]

If you change the exports file, you have to export again: "exportfs â av" - did you do this?

[Marshmellow]

I want to make network recovery of my server (myServer1). Yes, I have re-exported (exportfs -av).

[DCE · Accepted solution]

Take a look at this thread - it has a potential answer.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1017493

Have you done a search within the itrc for your error message (Unable to mount or write)? There are multiple threads on the topic, with the aforementioned link being one of them

[Marshmellow]

Just for an update, this morning I have managed to take an ignite backup of my server using the "Create Network Recovery" GUI within ignite. The last comment from "DCE" was helpful in that I managed to work out clues from a previous thread posted.

The server I wanted to take an ignite image is called myServer1. On this server, there was already an ignite volume mounted Anyway, I unmounted this, Then on my ignite server, I ran the create_network_recovery and the whole process just worked! However, I cannot recreate the problem again if we leave this ignite volume mounted (which has nothing to do with the ignite server). Today, the whole ignite process just worked beautifully with or without this additional ignite mount on myServer1.

Anyway, thanks for all your help.... I don't think I have learnt anything more about ignite but in working out the solution, it allowed me to look deeper into exportfs.

Points assigned.