NFS Setup on Solaris

NFS Setup on Solaris

NFS Server Setup
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1) /etc/rc.d or /etc/init.d
/usr/sbin/portmap or rpc.portmap

2) /etc/dfs/dfstab

share -F nfs -o rw=nfsclient: /export/nfs

3) /etc/dfs/sharetab

/export/nfs - nfs rw=nfsclient

4) /etc/dfs/fstypes

nfs NFS Utilities

5) /etc/rmtab lists filesystems that are remotely mounted by clients.

6) mountd rpc.mountd
nfsd rpc.nfsd

7) /usr/sbin/share (and chomod a+rx)

#!/bin/sh
killall -HUP /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd
killall -HUP /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd
echo re-exported file systems

(Run script after modifying /etc/exports)

8) rpcinfo -p (to check mountd and nfsd running)


NFS Client Setup
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1) To make the system mount a nfs file system upon boot

/etc/vfstab

nfsserver:/export/nfs - /mnt/nfs nfs - yes -

2) /etc/mnttab lists filesystems which are currently mounted on
onto that client.

3) To mount:

ESX Server becomes disconnect and attempt to reconnect fail.

ESX Server becomes disconnect and attempt to reconnect fail.

One reason is the ESX services become hung.

Run the following to fix the issue:
service mgmt-vmware restart
service vmware-vpxa restart

If these don't correct the problem then run
service mgmt-vmware stop
service vmware-vpxa stop
ps -ef | grep hostd
kill -9

Further research required.