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autofs does not mount new exports automatically

976613Nov 27 2012 — edited Nov 29 2012
Hi,

I have a NetApp filer that acts as an NFS server. I also have a Solaris 10 that has AutoFS configured so I can see the NetApp filer's exports under /net/[filer-name]/vol/. However, for some reason, all the new volumes I created on the filer do not appear under /net/[filer-name]/vol/ anymore. I can still manually mount those NFS exports and see the contents fine, just they don't appear under /net/. Is there a safe way to fix this problem?

Thanks,

Comments

Soory
Check the permissions under NetApp.
Nik
Hi.

It's features of /net automount.

It's only one time ask server about shares.
You can :
1. Go /net/<IP address of NetApp>/
and see new shared folders

2. Stop autofs ; umount all from /net ; start again autofs

3. Create separate automount map with wildcard.


Regards
976613
Thanks for the tips.
1. Go /net/<IP address of NetApp>/ and see new shared folders
This is the problem; I do not see the newly created shares while the old ones are still there.
2. Stop autofs ; umount all from /net ; start again autofs
It seems to be dramatic to stop autofs and unmount in order for it to pick up the changes (i.e. newly added volumes on the NFS server/NetApp filer).

autofs does not seem to have a way to refresh without restarting autofs daemon...?

Thanks,
Nik
Hi.

It's problem not with autofs. It's problem with special wildcard /net

It's only once ask servers for available shares.
In case you have many aliases at /etc/hosts for one IP it wiil ask every undepend.

In case it temporaru case - more easy just mount new shares on separate dirs.

In case it permanent case ( you quickly create new shares) - good solutions create separate automount map.


Regards.
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