ECS: NFS Mount Failure; UI Export Settings Take a While to Propagate

Summary: On the ECS, the NFS Cache takes ~20 minutes to propagate and refresh the NFS cache in the dataheadsvc service on the ECS appliance. This issue often occurs during a setup of a new NFS export as some changes are needed to resolve an export customization. ...

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On the ECS, the NFS Cache takes ~20 minutes to propagate and refresh the NFS cache in the dataheadsvc service on the ECS appliance. This issue often occurs during a setup of a new NFS export as some changes are needed to resolve an export customization.

This Behavior is expected on the ECS when an existing NFS export is modified and the export is showing as active on the ECS.
  1. To validate, having this issue check the export present on the ECS:
Command:(On the NFS Linux client)
# showmount -e <IP Address of the ECS>
Example: 
[root@nfsclient ~]# showmount -e xxx.xxx.xxx
Export list for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:
/namespace/nfsbucket *
  1. Attempt to mount the export that has been validated on the ECS:
Command: (Note: This is an example command, and we are adding the -vv option to get a more verbose output on the NFS Linux client).
# mount -vv -t nfs -o vers=3,,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp <ECS IP>:<Export Path> <local Mount Point>
Example: 
[root@ nfsclient ~]# mount -vv -t nfs -o vers=3,,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/namespace/nfsbucket /mnt/test
mount.nfs: timeout set for Wed Aug 14 09:37:03 2019
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=3,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp,addr= xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx '
mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=3, prot=6
mount.nfs: trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx prog 100003 vers 3 prot TCP port 2049
mount.nfs: prog 100005, trying vers=3, prot=6
mount.nfs: trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx prog 100005 vers 3 prot TCP port 2049
mount.nfs: mount(2): No such file or directory
mount.nfs: mounting xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/namespace/nfsbucket failed, reason given by server: No such file or directory
  1. Validate on the ECS the export cannot be located:
Command: (Note this scans all the nodes logs simultaneously for the keyword nfs in the past 5 minutes on the ECS cluster)
# svc_log -i -f nfs  -sr all -sn -sf -n all -start '5 minutes ago'
Example: 
admin@ecsnode1:~> svc_log -i -f nfs  -sr all -sn -sf -n all -start '5 minutes ago'
svc_log v0.9.19 (svc_tools v1.1.1)                 Started 2019-08-14 15:35:57

Running on nodes:              <All nodes>
Time range:                    2019-08-14 15:30:57 - 2019-08-14 15:35:57
Filter string(s):              'nfs'
Show filename(s):              True
Show nodename(s):              True
Search reclaim logs (if any):  False
Case insensitive:              True

169.254.1.1 dataheadsvc.log 2019-08-14T15:35:05,953 [RpcDispatcherMD-3082827]  INFO  RpcProgramMountd.java (line 101) MOUNT MNT path: /namespace/nfsbucket Client: /xxx.xxx.xxx
169.254.1.1 dataheadsvc.log 2019-08-14T15:35:05,958 [RpcDispatcherMD-3082827]  INFO  ExportsService.java (line 98) added key /namespace/nfsbucket/ to the cache
169.254.1.1 dataheadsvc.log 2019-08-14T15:35:05,960 [RpcDispatcherMD-3082827] ERROR  RpcProgramMountd.java (line 111) Couldn't locate the exportEntry for the path /namespace/nfsbucket
  1. Wait ~20 minutes for the conflicting export settings to refresh on the ECS and retry the mount command:
Command: (Note: This is an example command, and we are adding the -vv option to get a more verbose output on the NFS Linux client).
# mount -vv -t nfs -o vers=3,,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp <ECS IP>:<Export Path> <local Mount Point>
Example: 
[root@client ~]# mount -vv -t nfs -o vers=3,,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp xxx.xxx.xxx: /namespace/nfsbucket mnt/test
final mount options: 'vers=3,,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp'
mount.nfs: timeout set for Wed Aug 14 13:55:00 2019
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=3,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp,addr= xxx.xxx.xxx '
mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=3, prot=6
mount.nfs: trying xxx.xxx.xxx prog 100003 vers 3 prot TCP port 2049
mount.nfs: prog 100005, trying vers=3, prot=6
mount.nfs: trying xxx.xxx.xxx prog 100005 vers 3 prot TCP port 2049
xxx.xxx.xxx:/namespace/nfsbucket on /mnt/test type nfs (rw,vers=3,,nolock,sec=sys,proto=tcp)

Additional Information

Related NFS KB:

Affected Products

ECS Appliance

Products

ECS Appliance, ECS Appliance Gen 1, ECS Appliance Gen 2, ECS Appliance Gen 3, ECS Appliance Software with Encryption, ECS Appliance Software without Encryption
Article Properties
Article Number: 000019711
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2025
Version:  5
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