From: Bernd Schubert Subject: Re: Stale nfs file handle - cwd without path - workaround? Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:18:17 +0100 Message-ID: <200601181918.18475.bernd-schubert@gmx.de> References: <1137402966.3299.251938119@webmail.messagingengine.com> <200601170043.18048.bernd-schubert@gmx.de> <1137487511.18746.252023882@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1EzHtG-00067V-Mw for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:18:38 -0800 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.21]) by mail.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1EzHtD-0004Lu-TS for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:18:38 -0800 To: "Wally Winchester" In-Reply-To: <1137487511.18746.252023882@webmail.messagingengine.com> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Wally, sorry for the late response, but I'm very busy right now. > The setup is two virtual machines on VMWare ESX server. > They talk to a shared partition which is really a disk file on a SAN. > > Perhaps interestingly, this works: > cd /nfs-mount/ > touch file > (failover) > touch file > (stale nfs file handle) > cd . > touch file > (works) > > $ cat /etc/exports > /srv/nfs *(rw,no_root_squash,insecure,sync) > > $ ls -la /var/lib/|grep nfs > nfs -> /srv/nfs/nfs/ > > $ ls /srv/nfs/nfs/ > etab rmtab sm state xtab > > This is a Debian Sarge install. Which kernel version are you using? If its the debian kernel try a newer on= e=20 (on the client and on the server). Rather probably its not related, but you= =20 should also add an fsid entry to your exports. Sorry, can't help more, since I'm absolutely not familar with your virtual= =20 machine + SAN setup. Cheers, Bernd =2D-=20 Bernd Schubert PCI / Theoretische Chemie Universit=E4t Heidelberg INF 229 69120 Heidelberg ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs