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STABLERESTART(5)					      BSD File Formats Manual						  STABLERESTART(5)

NAME
nfs-stablerestart -- restart information for the NFSv4 server SYNOPSIS
nfs-stablerestart DESCRIPTION
The nfs-stablerestart file holds information that allows the NFSv4 server to restart without always returning the NFSERR_NOGRACE error, as described in the NFSv4 server specification; see Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Protocol RFC 3530, Section 8.6.3. The first record in the file, as defined by struct nfsf_rec in /usr/include/fs/nfs/nfsrvstate.h, holds the lease duration of the last incar- nation of the server and the number of boot times that follows. Following this are the number of previous boot times listed in the first record. The lease duration is used to set the grace period. The boot times are used to avoid the unlikely occurrence of a boot time being reused, due to a TOD clock going backwards. This record and the previous boot times with this boot time added is re-written at the end of the grace period. The rest of the file are appended records, as defined by struct nfst_rec in /usr/include/fs/nfs/nfsrvstate.h and are used represent one of two things. There are records which indicate that a client successfully acquired state and records that indicate a client's state was revoked. State revoke records indicate that state information for a client was discarded, due to lease expiry and an otherwise conflicting open or lock request being made by a different client. These records can be used to determine if clients might have done either of the edge conditions. If a client might have done either edge condition or this file is empty or corrupted, the server returns NFSERR_NOGRACE for any reclaim request from the client. For correct operation of the server, it must be ensured that the file is written to stable storage by the time a write op with IO_SYNC speci- fied has returned. This might require hardware level caching to be disabled for a local disk drive that holds the file, or similar. FILES
/var/db/nfs-stablerestart NFSv4 stable restart file /var/db/nfs-stablerestart.bak backup copy of the file SEE ALSO
nfsv4(4), nfsd(8) BUGS
If the file is empty, the NFSv4 server has no choice but to return NFSERR_NOGRACE for all reclaim requests. Although correct, this is a highly undesirable occurrence, so the file should not be lost if at all possible. The backup copy of the file is maintained and used by the nfsd(8) to minimize the risk of this occurring. To move the file, you must edit the nfsd sources and recompile it. This was done to discour- age accidental relocation of the file. BSD
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lockd(1M)                                                 System Administration Commands                                                 lockd(1M)

NAME
lockd - network lock daemon SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/nfs/lockd [-g graceperiod] [-l listen_min_backlog] [-t timeout] [nthreads] DESCRIPTION
The lockd utility is part of the NFS lock manager, which supports record locking operations on NFS files. See fcntl(2) and lockf(3C). The lock manager provides the following two functions: o It forwards fcntl(2) locking requests for NFS mounted file systems to the lock manager on the NFS server. o It generates local file locking operations in response to requests forwarded from lock managers running on NFS client machines. State information kept by the lock manager about these locking requests can be lost if the lockd is killed or the operating system is rebooted. Some of this information can be recovered as follows. When the server lock manager restarts, it waits for a grace period for all client-site lock managers to submit reclaim requests. Client-site lock managers, on the other hand, are notified by the status monitor dae- mon, statd(1M), of the restart and promptly resubmit previously granted lock requests. If the lock daemon fails to secure a previously granted lock at the server site, then it sends SIGLOST to a process. Administrators can make changes to the startup parameters for lockd by logging in as root and editing the /etc/default/nfs file (See nfs(4)). OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -g graceperiod Deprecated in favor of GRACE_PERIOD. Specify the number of seconds that all clients (both NLM and NFSv4) have to reclaim locks after the server reboots. It also controls the NFSv4 lease interval. This option is equivalent to the LOCKD_GRACE_PERIOD parameter. -l listen_min_backlog Specify the listener backlog (listen_min_backlog). listen_min_backlog is the number connect requests that are queued and waiting to be processed before new connect requests start to get dropped. -t timeout Specify the number of seconds to wait before retransmitting a lock request to the remote server. The default value is 15 seconds. Equivalent of the LOCKD_RETRANSMIT_TIMEOUT parameter in the nfs file. OPERANDS
nthreads Specify the maximum number of concurrent threads that the server can handle. This concurrency is achieved by up to nthreads threads created as needed in the kernel. nthreads should be based on the load expected on this server. If nthreads is not specified, the maximum number of concurrent threads will default to 20. Equivalent of the LOCKD_SERVERS parameter in the nfs file. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWnfscu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
svcs(1), automountd(1M), clear_locks(1M), mount_nfs(1M), share(1M), share_nfs(1M), statd(1M), svcadm(1M), fcntl(2), lockf(3C), nfs(4), attributes(5), smf(5) NOTES
The lockd service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier: svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The ser- vice's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command. If it is disabled, it will be enabled by mount_nfs(1M), share_nfs(1M), and automountd(1M) unless its application/auto_enable prop- erty is set to false. This daemon might not exist in a future release of Solaris. SunOS 5.10 17 Nov 2004 lockd(1M)
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