Right, now that I've finally worked out this website, I'll ask my question!
I am having an absolute nightmare with NFS on AIX. I have used it many times, and I know what I'm doing, however I cannot fathom what is going on here. I have 2 LPARs, sitting on the same physical host. They are configured with an internal and external network. The internal network is being used here. Nothing has changed since this was working, as far as the network connections go. However, when I mount any exported filesystems from NIM to LPAR1, I get a timeout:
nfsmnthelp: NIMsvr: Connection timed out
I have checked the following:
1. /etc/hosts is correct on both, and I have tried using both networks
2. NFS is started on both NIM and LPAR1. I have tried restarting the services using `stopsrc -g nfs; stopsrc -s portmap` then starting them again
3. Stopping services, then running `rm -rf /etc/state /etc/sm /etc/sm.bak /etc/xtab /etc/rmtab; startsrc -s portmap; startsrc -g nfs; exportfs -a; showmount -e NIMsvr`. The last command shows the mount is available
4. Removing the export from NIM, removing it from LPAR1, then restarting NFS on both NIM and LPAR1, adding the mount back in and re-mounting (checking showmount -e before adding back in and after, and the mount shows up the second time)
5. Telnet to port 111 from LPAR1 to NIM works fine
I am out of ideas, can anyone help please? I am about to pull my last few hairs out!
I am having an absolute nightmare with NFS on AIX. I have used it many times, and I know what I'm doing, however I cannot fathom what is going on here. I have 2 LPARs, sitting on the same physical host. They are configured with an internal and external network. The internal network is being used here. Nothing has changed since this was working, as far as the network connections go. However, when I mount any exported filesystems from NIM to LPAR1, I get a timeout:
nfsmnthelp: NIMsvr: Connection timed out
I have checked the following:
1. /etc/hosts is correct on both, and I have tried using both networks
2. NFS is started on both NIM and LPAR1. I have tried restarting the services using `stopsrc -g nfs; stopsrc -s portmap` then starting them again
3. Stopping services, then running `rm -rf /etc/state /etc/sm /etc/sm.bak /etc/xtab /etc/rmtab; startsrc -s portmap; startsrc -g nfs; exportfs -a; showmount -e NIMsvr`. The last command shows the mount is available
4. Removing the export from NIM, removing it from LPAR1, then restarting NFS on both NIM and LPAR1, adding the mount back in and re-mounting (checking showmount -e before adding back in and after, and the mount shows up the second time)
5. Telnet to port 111 from LPAR1 to NIM works fine
I am out of ideas, can anyone help please? I am about to pull my last few hairs out!