PowerFlex: NFS share on PFxM appliance stopped responding

Summary: A partial network configuration service failed because none of the nodes could export their system configuration file.

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Symptoms

The Partial Network Automation (PNA) service failed because none of the nodes could export their system configuration file. This turned out to be because the NFS service on the appliance was not working/gets stopped responding.

Attempting to mount the share locally with "mount localhost:/var/nfs /mnt" that command stopped responding.

Try running "systemctl restart nfs" stopped responding.

"systemctl status nfs" reported it was running.

Cause

 NFS service on the appliance was not working/gets stopped responding.

Resolution

Reboot the appliance.

Affected Products

PowerFlex Software
Article Properties
Article Number: 000188934
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 12 يناير 2026
Version:  5
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