On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 01:50:28PM -0500, Dragan Saraginov wrote: > Hi to all. > > I am trying to set up an nfs mount between two vservers on two different > physical servers. I added the following line to > '/etc/vservers/nfclient/fstab.remote > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/home /mnt/nfserver nfs defaults,rw 0 0 > > On the nfs vserver I added this directory to '/etc/exports', next ran the > 'exportsfs -a' command. I started the portmap service and bound it to the > vserver's IP address by adding 'OPTIONS="-i yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy"' to its > configuration '/etc/sysconfig/portmap' file. Next I downloaded and > installed the unfs v3 from 'http://unfs3.sourceforge.net/'. Here is what I no need to do userspace mounts, for your purpose, you can simply use the kernel nfs (but it doesn't really matter) > am getting when I ran 'rpcinfo -p yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy': > > program vers proto port > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper > 100024 1 udp 857 status > 100024 1 tcp 860 status > 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs > 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs > 100005 1 udp 2049 mountd > 100005 3 udp 2049 mountd > 100005 1 tcp 2049 mountd > 100005 3 tcp 2049 mountd I'd be missing the lock manager here > But whenever I try to restart the client server at xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx the > restart is hanging a while and after that I am getting the following > error: did you try simply mounting the nfs export on the host, just to see if that works? > mount: yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy:/home: can't read superblock > /etc/vservers/nfclient/fstab.remote:1:1: failed to mount fstab-entry sounds strange, what util-vserver and kernel version? > Am I missing something? Can anyone help me with this issue? TIA, Herbert > TIA, > Dragan Saragin > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 09:54:12PM +0200, Dragan Saraginov wrote: > >> Thanks Herbert for the answers. > >> > >> What if the nfs vserver and the client vserver are on the > >> different physical servers? > > > > then it makes more sense to use nfs, and you can do that > > by simply putting the nfs mount in fstab.remote > > > > best, > > Herbert > > > >> Dragan > >> > >> Herbert Poetzl wrote: > >> >On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:23:53AM -0500, Dragan Saraginov wrote: > >> > > >> >>Hi to all. Can anyone here help me and point me to the right > >> >>direction on how to use nfs mount option in guest VPSes. > >> >> > >> > > >> >that is like mounting an nfs export on the same machine > >> > > >> > > >> >>The goal that need to be achieved is to mount a directories > >> >>between two guest on the same host. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> >for this, a --bind or --rbind mount is much simpler > >> >and a lot less resource consuming, not to speak of > >> >'more natural' to the system > >> > > >> > > >> >>But I do not want to add some additional capability to the > >> >>guests configuration. I want to use the 'fstab.remote' option. > >> >> > >> > > >> >no additional capabilities are required for that, and > >> >you can put the --bind and --rbind mounts into fstab > >> >or fstab.remote > >> > > >> >HTH, > >> >Herbert > >> > > >> > > >> >>TIA, > >> >>Dragan > >> >> > >> >>-- > >> >>This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> >>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> >>believed to be clean. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > >> signature > >> database 4267 (20090722) __________ > >> > >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >> > >> http://www.eset.com > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> believed to be clean. > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean.