[Gllug] NFS issue

[dudes dudes]

thanks very much all, 
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... :)

thanks 
ak

> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:05:41 +0100
> From: james-p at moving-picture.com
> To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] NFS issue
> 
> dudes dudes wrote:
> > Hello all, 
> > 
> > I'm experiencing NFS issues, hoping someone give me some hints...
> > 
> > I have an external USB drive which I format IT with ext3. The mounting
> > point is /media/bk (This is on ubuntu). My /ext/exports file is   
> > 
> > 
> > /media    *(rw,no_root_squash)
> > 
> > on the Centos client I tried to mount the remote /media directory.. (it
> > worked fine ). However; when I "ls" /media/bk/ , I don't see any files
> > ( This is the mounted external USB drive). 
> > 
> > What have I done wrong ?
> > 
> > any thought will be appreciated..
> 
> If you mount the disk (on the NFS server) at /media/bk, then you need to 
> export /media/bk
> 
> You are exporting /media, so the NFS client will mount the (empty) 
> directory /media/bk from the server - not what the server has mounted at 
> that point.
> 
> You might be able to get it to work if you export /media with the 
> 'nohide' option - but read the exports man page first.
> 
> Also, the external USB drive will need to be mounted on the NFS server 
> before you (re-)export the file system
> 
> James Pearson
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