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Old 05-12-2008
Stale NFS file handle

There are a filesystem /GWD/appbase/projects/GRIDDB
Under this filesystem there is a directory called backup.
But When I am trying to access the backup directory ,it is showing me the following error:

[root@rtpsalx011 log]# cd /GWD/appbase/projects/GRIDDB
[root@rtpsalx011 GRIDDB]# cd backup
-bash: cd: backup: Stale NFS file handle


The mount command gave the following result:


rtpdsntv026a.corpnet2.com:/vol/rtp026_01/GRIDDB on /GWD/appbase/projects/GRIDDB type nfs (rw,tcp,timeo=600,intr,addr=143.193.130.82)


I restarted the nfs client but it didn't help.

Please suggest
# 2  
Old 05-12-2008
have you checked the nfs server? if a nfs filesystem is stale, most likely the server went down or unshared the nfs-share...
# 3  
Old 05-12-2008
Which is the nfs server ..
Is it rtpdsntv026a.corpnet2.com shown in the result of the mount command or is it the server on which file system is mounted .

Please help as I know very little about nfs server
# 4  
Old 05-12-2008
try to ping rtpdsntv026a.corpnet2.com

if it is down bring it up.

If it is up restart the nfs server processes on rtpdsntv026a.corpnet2.com
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