`I do not know if it is relevant but I came from open Indiana and it had a similar issue where nfsv4 had a bug that wouldn't unlock files
Valrhona <valrhona@gmail.com> wrote:
Not sure if this is the same issue, but I had the same behavior with<br>Windows 8.1 on my laptop; everything has been fine for many months<br>with clients running Win 7, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,<br>OpenIndiana and XStreamOS (Illumos-based). But the Win 8.1 laptop<br>causes NFSv4 to lock up, and (obviously) blocks the rest of the<br>clients from accessing the server when it does, until NFS is reset.<br><br>Interestingly, it doesn't seem to do this immediately; NFSv4 works<br>just fine for maybe 15 minutes before the lockup occurs, but I haven't<br>exactly troubleshot the details. Is there a particular log file which<br>might be helpful to examine? Thanks!<br><br>Peter<br><br>On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Derek Yarnell <derek@umiacs.umd.edu> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> On 9/12/14 11:05 AM, Schweiss, Chip wrote:<br>>> Is you RHEL 6.5 client a virtual machine? If so this message is a red<br>>> herring to your problem.<br>>><br>>> See the VMware KB article:<br>>> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009996<br>>><br>>> I run all NFSv4 from CentOS 6.5 to OmniOS, but do not use kerberos. It's<br>>> been rock solid.<br>><br>> Hi Chip,<br>><br>> No we are running on physical hardware. It also looks like the<br>> parameter they talk about is something different[1] post RHEL 6.1. We<br>> are trying to drop to just sec=krb5 to see if that provides any relief<br>> and may increase the watchdog timer a bit to see if this is just a race<br>> condition.<br>><br>> [1] - https://access.redhat.com/solutions/57811?<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> derek<br>><br>> --<br>> Derek T. Yarnell<br>> University of Maryland<br>> Institute for Advanced Computer Studies<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> OmniOS-discuss mailing list<br>> OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com<br>> http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss<br>_______________________________________________<br>OmniOS-discuss mailing list<br>OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com<br>http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss<br>
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