Jake, I've had a similar problem to this, but when I umount -f, it would fail because there were files in use... an lsof told me which processes were still trying to access the NFS mounts, killing them (kill -HUP) was enough to free the filesystem locks, and umount -f, mount -a the NFS links. YMMV, since I see no "file in use" errors in your output... Regards, Gavin McDonald ======================== EVI Logistic Enterprises email: me@xxxxxxxxxxxx phone: (604) 313-3845 > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Posey, Jake E > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:47 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Stale NFS file handle > > Is there a way to clear stale nfs mounts without rebooting the nfs > client? > > > > I have a file system that is mounted on 2 systems. On system a the file > system is fine, but on system b the file system is stale. It looks like > the mount point lost it's inodes > > > > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? sw > > > > I tried umounting the file system but now luck. > > > > [root@lcas100 export_intel_boeing]# umount > /export_intel_boeing/sw/fsl/gscm/intel > > umount: /export_intel_boeing/sw/fsl/gscm/intel: Stale NFS file handle > > umount: /export_intel_boeing/sw/fsl/gscm/intel: Stale NFS file handle > > [root@lcas100 export_intel_boeing]# > > > > I even tried using the -f option to force a umount but got the same > results. I also tried re-exporting the file system on the nfs server, > same results. > > > > Is there another way to unmount the file system without rebooting the > nfs client? > > > > Note: the file system is in a SAN environment on a EMC NS600. > > > > Thanks for your assistance. > > > > Jake E. Posey > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
