[Linux-HA] NFS causing problems

[Dejan Muhamedagic]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 01:41:51PM +0000, Beren Gamble wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We've got heartbeat working 90%. I can fail over resources when
> I shut down heartbeat, but if I simulate a network problem by
> unplugging the cable, the system can't unmount the NFS share we
> connect to because it's no longer accessible. Even commands
> like df -k hang because it can't list the share.

It's normal that df hangs if your NFS mount has no intr option
set.

> 
> What do you suggest I do? :)

Do you have that NFS disk as a Filesystem resource? The
Filesystem RA really does everything possible to unmount a disk.
If that fails, then nothing helps but machine reboot. Which you
get by default for a failed stop operation.

Thanks,

Dejan
> 
> Beren
> 
> 
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