From: Philippe Troin Subject: Re: SM_UNMON again -> kernel Date: 18 Jul 2003 20:26:50 -0700 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <87n0fb42o5.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> References: <20030711061615.GA1924@quasar.nro.au.com> <87smpbkt55.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> <87k7aml330.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> <87vfu0ej5k.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from tantale.fifi.org ([216.27.190.146] ident=root) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19diNd-0007P4-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:27:29 -0700 To: Trond Myklebust In-Reply-To: <87vfu0ej5k.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Philippe Troin writes: > Trond Myklebust writes: > > > >>>>> " " == Philippe Troin writes: > > > > > On machine #1: ceramic rpc.statd[30693]: Received erroneous > > > SM_UNMON request from ceramic for 216.27.190.149 > > > > > On machine #2: tantale rpc.statd[18416]: Received erroneous > > > SM_UNMON request from tantale for 216.27.190.148 > > > > OK. Hang on... The above looks more like stale entries due to somebody > > having permanently switched off a server on which ceramic/tantale were > > holding locks. > > Nope, the machines have been rebooted... > > > Could you check on 'ceramic', and 'tantale' if they don't have entries > > for 216.27.190.149 and 216.27.190.148 respectively in /var/lib/nfs/sm > > or /var/lib/nfs/sm.bak? > > They have indeed very old files there that were removed. > > > Another mistake that can cause the above errors is if the sysman has > > made those 2 directories NFS shared between different clients. (Not a > > good idea...) > > No, that not the case. But I can see why it would wreak havoc. > > Anyways, this is what I did: > > - I shut down all boxes interacting via NFS. > > - When booting them up, I switched to single-user mode and: > > * wiped /var/lib/nfs/mtab > > * removed any files in /var/lib/nfs/sm{,.bak} > > And we'll see if the message shows up again. And it did... I still see the same messages over and over again. Phil. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs