On January 30, 2004 07:18 am, Norman Elton wrote: > I've tested disconnecting our NFS server from the network. As expected, > any processes accessing an NFS share "hang" until the connection is > restored, and which point, they all spring back to life. This is good. > > Does anyone know what happens if the NFS server process dies, or if the > server is rebooted? I seem to remember last time I ran an "exportfs -r" > to load new mountpoint, all the clients started complaining of "stale > nfs handles", and had to be individually rebooted. This is not a good > thing. How can I work with the NFS server without causing all the > clients to go haywire? > > An NFS server crash is obviously a bad thing, but I'd expect the > clients to revive themselves once the server is back online. > > Thanks, > > Norman > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Norman Elton > Information Technology - Network Engineering > College of William & Mary > 757-221-7790 I think you want to look at the 'soft' option for nfs in 'mount' (man nfs) -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
