I hate hard nfs mounts
We have several servers and they were deployed with hard nfs mounts.
If you comment out nfs in /etc/fstab; reboot them; log in and mount the nfs mounts manually the system works fine.
If you don't comment out nfs in /etc/fstab; reboot them; the systems take forever to boot ( 20 minutes or more ).
Reengineering these system to softmounts is not an option.
I am looking for a solution that will check the systems and then mount the hard mounts.
what needs to be checked and what are the commands for them ?
do I need to check both sides of the nfs hard mount ?
Oh, Redhat 5/6, physical servers ( virtual in the future )
If you comment out nfs in /etc/fstab; reboot them; log in and mount the nfs mounts manually the system works fine.
If you don't comment out nfs in /etc/fstab; reboot them; the systems take forever to boot ( 20 minutes or more ).
Reengineering these system to softmounts is not an option.
I am looking for a solution that will check the systems and then mount the hard mounts.
what needs to be checked and what are the commands for them ?
do I need to check both sides of the nfs hard mount ?
Oh, Redhat 5/6, physical servers ( virtual in the future )
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Mazdajai
Have you try tweaking the timeout value?
If you're running a desktop GUI with the NetworkManager service, I think you'll find (if you hit Esc during boot to show the line-by-line) that the network interface is not yet ready when RH tries to mount the drives listed in the /etc/fstab file.
Can we see fstab (minus IP addresses) ?
Reengineering these system to softmounts is not an option.Normally I suggest to use autofs which is considered to be best practice with NFS mounts; but I think this is what you may mean with the above statement, too?
What application uses those hard mounts?
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I was just asking for what I need to check before I run the mount
I would like to create a script that waits 1 minute, check stuff out and then if all is OK, then runs the mount command with options.
Easy Peasy ?
I would like to create a script that waits 1 minute, check stuff out and then if all is OK, then runs the mount command with options.
Easy Peasy ?
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I understand frustration I have it also.
I can not explain much. I really hope you can understand.
thank you all for your input ( honestly )
EE is great.
If I could explain this I feel you would understand however I can not explain it.
I can not explain much. I really hope you can understand.
thank you all for your input ( honestly )
EE is great.
If I could explain this I feel you would understand however I can not explain it.
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thank you