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thanks very much all, <br>The issue was due to exports file.. I missed "bk" after /media/bk.... Now I can clone and copy/backup all the VMware servers to a 2 TB of external hard-disk... :)<br><br>thanks <br>ak<br><br>> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:05:41 +0100<br>> From: james-p@moving-picture.com<br>> To: gllug@gllug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Gllug] NFS issue<br>> <br>> dudes dudes wrote:<br>> > Hello all, <br>> > <br>> > I'm experiencing NFS issues, hoping someone give me some hints...<br>> > <br>> > I have an external USB drive which I format IT with ext3. The mounting<br>> > point is /media/bk (This is on ubuntu). My /ext/exports file is <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > /media *(rw,no_root_squash)<br>> > <br>> > on the Centos client I tried to mount the remote /media directory.. (it<br>> > worked fine ). However; when I "ls" /media/bk/ , I don't see any files<br>> > ( This is the mounted external USB drive). <br>> > <br>> > What have I done wrong ?<br>> > <br>> > any thought will be appreciated..<br>> <br>> If you mount the disk (on the NFS server) at /media/bk, then you need to <br>> export /media/bk<br>> <br>> You are exporting /media, so the NFS client will mount the (empty) <br>> directory /media/bk from the server - not what the server has mounted at <br>> that point.<br>> <br>> You might be able to get it to work if you export /media with the <br>> 'nohide' option - but read the exports man page first.<br>> <br>> Also, the external USB drive will need to be mounted on the NFS server <br>> before you (re-)export the file system<br>> <br>> James Pearson<br>> -- <br>> Gllug mailing list - Gllug@gllug.org.uk<br>> http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug<br><br /><hr />New! Receive and respond to mail from other email accounts from within Hotmail <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/' target='_new'>Find out how.</a></body>
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