http://brandonhutchinson.com/mediawiki/index.php5?title=Stale_NFS_file_handle&action=history&feed=atom 2013-05-19T19:51:35Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.11.0rc1 http://brandonhutchinson.com/mediawiki/index.php5?title=Stale_NFS_file_handle&diff=919&oldid=prev 2008-01-21T18:07:11Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 18:07, 21 January 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In this example, attempting to mount a remote NFS file system resulted in a ''Stale NFS file handle'' error.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* NFS client: atmmfs10-s (Solaris 8 2/02)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* NFS client: atmmfs10-s (Solaris 8 2/02)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* NFS server: atmmfs50-s (Solaris 8 2/02)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* NFS server: atmmfs50-s (Solaris 8 2/02)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Local mount point: /tmp/mnt</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Local mount point: /tmp/mnt</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In this example, attempting to mount </del>the <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remote </del>file system <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resulted </del>in <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </del>''<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Stale NFS file handle</del>'' <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">error</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Although I first suspected an NFS client problem because </ins>the file system <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was listed </ins>in ''<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/etc/mnttab</ins>'' <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but couldn't be unmounted, unsharing and resharing the file system on the NFS server fixed the problem</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* ''snoop'' output:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* ''snoop'' output:</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* ''truss'' output:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* ''truss'' output:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> mount(&quot;atmmfs50-s:/clearcase/vob_storage01&quot;, &quot;/tmp/mnt&quot;, MS_DATA|MS_OPTIONSTR, &quot;nfs3&quot;, 0x0002CC00, 76) Err#151 ESTALE</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> mount(&quot;atmmfs50-s:/clearcase/vob_storage01&quot;, &quot;/tmp/mnt&quot;, MS_DATA|MS_OPTIONSTR, &quot;nfs3&quot;, 0x0002CC00, 76) Err#151 ESTALE</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Although I first suspected an NFS client problem because the file system was listed in ''/etc/mnttab'' but couldn't be unmounted, unsharing and resharing the file system on the NFS server fixed the problem.</div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> </table>

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<p>New page: * NFS client: atmmfs10-s (Solaris 8 2/02) * NFS server: atmmfs50-s (Solaris 8 2/02) * Remote file system: /clearcase/vob_storage01 * Local mount point: /tmp/mnt In this example, attemptin...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* NFS client: atmmfs10-s (Solaris 8 2/02)<br /> * NFS server: atmmfs50-s (Solaris 8 2/02)<br /> * Remote file system: /clearcase/vob_storage01<br /> * Local mount point: /tmp/mnt<br /> <br /> In this example, attempting to mount the remote file system resulted in a ''Stale NFS file handle'' error.<br /> <br /> * ''snoop'' output:<br /> atmmfs10-s -&gt; atmmfs50-s NFS C FSINFO3 FH=CAD4<br /> atmmfs50-s -&gt; atmmfs10-s NFS R FSINFO3 Stale NFS file handle<br /> <br /> * ''truss'' output:<br /> mount(&quot;atmmfs50-s:/clearcase/vob_storage01&quot;, &quot;/tmp/mnt&quot;, MS_DATA|MS_OPTIONSTR, &quot;nfs3&quot;, 0x0002CC00, 76) Err#151 ESTALE<br /> <br /> Although I first suspected an NFS client problem because the file system was listed in ''/etc/mnttab'' but couldn't be unmounted, unsharing and resharing the file system on the NFS server fixed the problem.</div>

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