PCNFS problems (fwd)

2007-12-25 8:06:00

I am having the same problem as is described below. Except htat I only

have one sun. It is an IPX running 4.1.3. I have checked the sun

patches database and have not found anything that will help. I have

installed teh Jumbo PCNFS patch. I have redone the installation several

times. I have tried all of the suggestions mentioned in the old summary

(except one that I don't understand and changing the NIC since I don't

have any to swap out). Here is some of the info from my system. I am

getting desparate so even the most trivial suggestions would be

welcomed.

71 docucentric:/var/yp/docucentric% ifconfig -a

le0: flags=63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING>

        inet 192.54.114.88 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.54.114.0

        ether 8:0:20:d:81:88

lo0: flags=69<UP,LOOPBACK,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING>

        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000

79 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% ypwhich

docucentric

80 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% rpcinfo -p docucentric

   program vers proto port

    100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper

    100000 2 udp 111 portmapper

    100004 2 udp 662 ypserv

    100004 2 tcp 663 ypserv

    100004 1 udp 662 ypserv

    100004 1 tcp 663 ypserv

    100069 1 udp 664 ypxfrd

    100069 1 tcp 666 ypxfrd

    100007 2 tcp 1024 ypbind

    100007 2 udp 1027 ypbind

    100007 1 tcp 1024 ypbind

    100007 1 udp 1027 ypbind

    100028 1 tcp 668 ypupdated

    100028 1 udp 670 ypupdated

    100029 1 udp 668 keyserv

    100003 2 udp 2049 nfs

    100005 1 udp 714 mountd

    100005 2 udp 714 mountd

    100005 1 tcp 717 mountd

    100005 2 tcp 717 mountd

    100026 1 udp 729 bootparam

    150001 1 udp 735 pcnfsd

    150001 2 udp 735 pcnfsd

    150001 1 tcp 738 pcnfsd

    150001 2 tcp 738 pcnfsd

    100021 1 tcp 737 nlockmgr

    100024 1 udp 736 status

    100021 1 udp 1034 nlockmgr

    100024 1 tcp 739 status

    100021 3 tcp 742 nlockmgr

    100021 3 udp 1035 nlockmgr

    100020 1 udp 1036 llockmgr

    100020 1 tcp 747 llockmgr

    100021 2 tcp 750 nlockmgr

    100021 2 udp 1037 nlockmgr

 554766609 1 tcp 740

    100011 1 udp 1038 rquotad

    100001 2 udp 1039 rstatd

    100001 3 udp 1039 rstatd

    100001 4 udp 1039 rstatd

    100002 1 udp 1040 rusersd

    100002 2 udp 1040 rusersd

    100012 1 udp 1041 sprayd

    100008 1 udp 1042 walld

    100068 2 udp 1043

    100068 3 udp 1043

    100015 6 udp 789 selection_svc

1073741824 1 udp 987

81 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% netstat -i

81 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% netstat -i

Name Mtu Net/Dest Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Queue

le0 1500 192.54.114.0 docucentric 85 6 150 0 0 0

lo0 1536 loopback localhost 59951 0 59951 0 0 0

82 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% arp -a

pcframer (192.54.114.90) at 0:0:c0:2:9a:56

84 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% ypcat ethers

8:0:20:d:81:88 docucentric

0:0:c0:02:9a:56 pcframer

85 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% ypcat hosts

192.54.114.90 pcframer

192.54.114.89 route66

192.54.114.88 docucentric loghost mailhost

127.0.0.1 localhost

86 docucentric:/usr/SunSolve/bin% psg rpc

USER PID %CPU %MEM SZ RSS TT STAT START TIME COMMAND

root 67 0.0 0.0 40 0 ? IW 14:45 0:00 rpc.ypupdated

root 112 0.0 0.0 56 0 ? IW 14:45 0:00 rpc.mountd -n

root 128 0.0 0.0 52 0 ? IW 14:45 0:00 rpc.bootparamd

root 134 0.0 0.0 52 0 ? IW 14:45 0:00 rpc.statd

root 133 0.0 0.0 48 0 ? IW 14:45 0:00 /usr/etc/rpc.pcnfsd

root 135 0.0 0.0 84 0 ? IW 14:45 0:00 rpc.lockd

: The master NIS server is intermittently available and unavailable. One

: second I can ping and mount drives from it and the next second its as if

: it has disappeared off the face of the earth.

:

:

: Solution:

: __________

:

:

: Changing the server that the PCs bind to seemed to do the trick. I don't know

: why this solved the problem, the server that the PCs were binding to was not

: under a particularly heavy load and other PCs in the dept could bind to

: "problem" server with no problem.

:

: However, the patch 100075 was applied around the same time and may have had a

: hand in the solution. However this patch is for file locking and I don't really

: see how that would relate to PCNFS booting, unless it had something to do

: with the way rpc calls are handled.

:

: Thanks,

:

:

:

: Larry Chin {larry@cch.com} CCH Canadian Ltd.

: System Administrator 6 Garamond Court

: Research and Development Don Mills, Ontario.

: (416) 441-4001 ext. 349 M3C 1Z5

:

: Rule 46, Oxford Union Society, London:

: Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall

: be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind

: person shall be deemed to be a cat.

:

:

:

:

: Replies:

: _________

:

: ------------------------------------------------------

:

: > "Andrew Luebker" <aahvdl@eye.psych.umn.edu> suggested:

: > setting an appropriate NETMASK for the PC-NFS microcomputers, using "net

: > subnet 255.255.255.0" during bootup and making sure that the "pcnfsd" daemon

: > is automatically started whenever your server reboots.

:

: > Eckhard.Rueggeberg@ts.go.dlr.de suggested:

: > Rebooting the PC helps, perhaps multiple times.

:

: > nagel@post.inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de

: > use the $NISSERVER and $HOME feature for mounting drives, from the master.

: > this feature works only with the real master and not with the slaves.

I

I don't understand this...:

: ** this is interesting because the PCs were trying to bind to the master **

:

: ----------------------------------------------------

:

: > Richard Elling <Richard.Elling@eng.auburn.edu>

: > take a close look at your

: > addresses. In particular, make sure you don't have duplicate IP

: > addresses for any PCs. Second, check to see if you have entries in

: > the ethers NIS map for any PCs. Make sure these match exactly. You

: > can also use the arp command on the Suns to see what the Suns think

: > the mapping is from IP address to ethernet address.

:

: > What will happen is as a machine comes up it will send an arp packet

: > which tells everyone what its IP address is. This will set up an arp

: > table entry on the Suns so that the Sun will know which ethernet address

: > to send packets destined for the corresponding IP address. If another

: > machine speaks up and claims the IP or ethernet address, then the first

: > machine will seem to disappear.

:

: > There was some talk a while back about some Asian ethernet clone cards

: > which used the same ethernet address. So be sure and check each PC

: > out.

:

: ---------------------------------------------------

:

: > Mike Raffety <miker@sbcoc.com>

: > Are there blank lines in any of your NIS maps?

:

: ----------------------------------------------------

:

: > birger@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)

: > try turning off the SQE heartbeat on the transceiver

:

: ----------------------------------------------------

: > ldavis!ken@snowbird.Central.Sun.COM (Ken Cox)

: > upgrading the drivers for the PC ethernet controllers and in some cases

: > replacing the PC ethernet controller. The SS2 have VERY fast ethernet

: > performance and it seems that some PC controllers just cannot keep up with

: > the data.

:

:

: Thanks also to:

:

: geertj@ica.philips.nl (Geert Jan de Groot)

:

:


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