[CentOS] Odd nfs mount problem

Fri Feb 27 20:21:48 UTC 2015
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> I'm exporting a directory, firewall's open on both machines (one CentOS
> 6.6, the other RHEL 6.6), it automounts on the exporting machine, but the
> other server, not so much.
>
> ls /mountpoint/directory eventually times out (directory being the NFS
> mount). mount -t nfs server:/location/being/exported /mnt works... but an
> immediate ls /mnt gives me stale file handle.
>
> The twist on this: the directory being exported is on an xfs filesystem...
> one that's 33TB (it's an external RAID 6 appliance).
>
> Any ideas?
>
Oh, yes: I did just think to install xfs_progs, and did that, but still no
joy.

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