Is installing from a NFS mounted share on Windows supported?

In order to make our automation using the same structure, we need to put the Siebel server for Windows software on Linux and then export it as a NFS share and mount it from Windows, then do the installation on to the Windows Local disk. NFS is not native to Windows, has anyone tried this before and is this offically supported? Thanks!

I think so, if I understand what your question is.
We have installed our installation software on NFS for the purpose of automating our installation process. Each target server has the same structure and we use this automation for Windows and Linux.
Don't know if it is supported by Siebel though.

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I have setup an automounted NFS share previously with Leopard against a RHEL 5 server at the office. I had to go through a few loops to punch a hole through the appfirewall to get the share accessible in the Finder.
A few months later when I returned to the office after a consultancy stint and upgrades to 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 the NFS mount no longer works. I have investigated it today and I can't get it to run even with the appfirewall disabled.
I've been doing some troubleshooting, and the interaction between the statd, lockd and perhaps the portmap seem a bit fishy, even with the appfirewall disabled. Both the statd and lockd complains that they can not register; lockd once and statd indefinitely.
Jul 2 15:17:10 ySubmarine com.apple.statd[521]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 2 15:17:10 ySubmarine com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[521]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 2 15:17:10 ySubmarine com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
... and rpcinfo -p gets connection refused unless I start portmap using the launchctl utility.
This may be a bit obscure, and I'm not exactly an expert of NFS, so I wonder if someone else stumbled across this, and can point me in the right direction?
Johan

Sorry for my late response, but I have finally got around to some trial and error. I can mount the share using mount_nfs (but need to use sudo), and it shows up as a mounted disk in the Finder. However, when I start to browse a directory on the share that I can write to, I end up with the lockd and statd failures.
$ mount_nfs -o resvport xxxx:/home /Users/yyyy/xxxx-home
mount_nfs: /Users/yyyy/xxxx-home: Permission denied
$ sudo mount_nfs -o resvport xxxx:/home /Users/yyyy/xxxx-home
Jul 7 10:37:34 zzzz com.apple.statd[253]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 7 10:37:34 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[253]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 7 10:37:34 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jul 7 10:37:44 zzzz com.apple.statd[254]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 7 10:37:44 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[254]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 7 10:37:44 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jul 7 10:37:54 zzzz com.apple.statd[255]: rpc.statd: unable to register (SM_PROG, SM_VERS, UDP)
Jul 7 10:37:54 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd[255]): Exited with exit code: 1
Jul 7 10:37:54 zzzz com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.statd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Jul 7 10:37:58 zzzz loginwindow[25]: 1 server now unresponsive
Jul 7 10:37:59 zzzz KernelEventAgent[26]: tid 00000000 unmounting 1 filesystems
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz com.apple.autofsd[40]: automount: /net updated
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz com.apple.autofsd[40]: automount: /home updated
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz com.apple.autofsd[40]: automount: no unmounts
Jul 7 10:38:02 zzzz loginwindow[25]: No servers unresponsive
... and firewall wide open.
I guess that the Finder somehow triggers file locking over NFS.

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My system dual-boots between Ubuntu and Windows. I've set up a shared profile between the two operating systems. Everything works fine for normal browsing.
When I add an extension from Windows, everything works fine -- the extension is visible from Windows and Ubuntu.
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Vi error on nfs mount; E212: Can't open file for writing

Hi all,
I've setup a umask of 0 for testing on both NFS client (Centos 5.2) and NFS server (OSX 10.5.5 server).
I can create files as one user and edit/save out as another user w/o issue when directly logged into the server via ARD.
However, when I attempt the same from an NFS mount on a client machine, even as root I get the following error using vi;
"file" E212: Can't open file for writing
Looking at the system.log file on the server, I see;
kernel[0]: add_fsevent: no name hard-link! dropping the event. (event 2 vp == 0xa5db510 (-UNKNOWN-FILE)).
This baffles me. My umask is 0 meaning files I create and attempt to edit as other users are 777, but I cannot save out edits unless I do a wq! in vi. At that point, the owner of the file changes to whomever did the vi.
This isn't just a vi issue as it happens using any editor, but I like to use vi.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Hey, beer is on me!

Hi all,
Thanks for the replies
I've narrowed it down to a Centos client issue.
Everything works fine using other Linux based OS's as clients.
Since we have such a huge investment in Centos, I must figure out a workaround. Apple support wasn't much help as usual however they were very nice.
There usual response is "its unsupported".
If Apple really wants to play in the enterprise of business space, they really need to change there philosophy. I mean telling me that I shouldn't mount home directories via NFS is completely rediculus.
What am I supposed to use then, Samba of AFP? No, I don't think so. No offense to Microsoft but why would I use a Windows based file sharing protocol to mount network shares in a Nix env???

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Does anybody have any information on how the P2V install handles exisiting NFS mounts that were in the vfstab file? After my installation there were all commented out and changed to reflect different mount points under export.
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Just to follow up on this:
All of my strange problems (NFS unable to mount, iSCSI unable to login, vi hanging, VNC console session blank) were related to using jumbo frames on a switch that didn't support them. I had MTU=9000 set on my interfaces to try and speed up iSCSI/NFS and it turns out that causes a lot of funky network issues if your switch doesn't support it properly. The funny thing is that ping and all sorts of network tools ran flawlessly...
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If so what is the downside?
I'm asking because we currently have an iscsi san and a recent upgrade
severely degraded iscsi connectivity. consequently can't mount my iscsi
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Originally Posted by David Brown
The filer/san NFS functionality is working normally. I can't access
some of the iscsi luns. Thinking of just using NFS as the backend.
Which would be a better sub forum?
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db
Depending on which Novell OS you are running.... this subform is for NetWare, but I suspect you are using OES Linux.
I've never tried creating a NCP share on OES for a remote NFS mount on the server. My first guess would be it is not allowed and also not a good practice. You could however, with this situation and if you are running an OES2 or OES 11 Linux server, try configuring an NFS mount on the OES server and then configuring the NCP share on that using remote manager on the server.
What I would recommend however to see if the iSCSI issue cannot be fixed or worked around.
Could you describe a bit more of the situation there/what happened and what is not working on that end?
-Willem

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So we are adding Linux clients to our network and I'm looking to learn the best NFS mount options to put in the fstab file. Right now they are set "defaults 0 0" and we are having problems. I assume because they are hard mounting. This is from the /proc/mounts file for one of the clients connecting to the Xsan:
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Install Arch with nfs shared pacman cache

Hello,
I would like to make a post of some information that worked for me. I think it could find its way into the wiki, but I prefer not to be the one to do that. Two reasons for that:
1. Just becuase it worked for me doesn't mean it is proper. If someone can confirm it is an acceptable method...
2. I am a wiki reader, not a writer
My situation is that I have a 3G internet conection. I like to only download the packages once... I run nfs4 exports from my desktop computer to share user data, pacman cache and sync folders See the Pacman tips I just did fresh installs of my systems. After the main system was running, I wanted to use the existing pacman cache to install the second system. I followed the Beginners guide and also used the Install from ssh article. I created my partitions with gparted on a live stick. Boot into the Arch install media, and follow the instructions for mounting the partitions. And here is where I make a brief detour to utilize my existing pacman cache.
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nas:/pkg
Databases are exported as:
nas:/sync
mkdir -p /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg
mkdir -p /mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync
mount the nfs exports:
mount -t nfs4 nas:/pkg /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg
mount -t nfs4 nas:/sync /mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync
Now I am back on track with the Beginners guide...
pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel
While in the chroot, be sure to install nfs-utils (and openssh if you want to continue ssh after boot)
When running the genfstab, it will create tons of options for the nfs4 mounts. I edited those in nano to look like other references on the site:
nas:/pkg /var/cache/pacman/pkg nfs4 defaults,x-systemd.automount 0 0
nas:/sync /var/lib/pacman/sync nfs4 defaults,x-systemd.automount 0 0
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Yep, well capable of doing that which is why I'm asking - I can't do that without having to have difficult conversations with the security team here. And, no, I don't need to be told about the lack of security implications in doing this
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I was at our local Apple store yesterday after my wife's Macbook decided not to like the 10.5 install disk that came with it. It would make it to about 7% and then error-out and message us that we needed to clean the disk. Multiple times. So I brought it in and the nice Genius had a drive which had 10.4, 10.5 , Drive Genius and more on it. He was able to run Disk Utility from it as well as boot from it and install from it.
I have multiple drives floating around, too small to be of much use and log ago replaced with larger drives.
We have three Macs and two versions of OSX. This would be very nice rather than digging out the disks.
I know I can install to a FW or USB drive and boot from it, but how do I go about installing from an external drive?

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Cannot access external NFS mounts under Snow Leopard

I was previously running Leopard (10.5.x) and automounted an Ubuntu (9.04 Jaunty) Linux NFS mount from my iMac. I had set this up with Directory Utility and it was instantly functional and I never had any issues. After upgrading to Snow Leopard, I set up the same mount point on the same machine (using Disk Utility now), without changing any of the export settings, and Disk Utility stated that the external server had responded and appeared to be working correctly. However, when attempting to access the share, I get a 'Operation not permitted' error. I also cannot manually create the NFS mount using mount or mount_nfs. I get a similar error if I try to cd into /net/<remote-machine>/<share>. I can see the shared folder in /net/<remote-machine>, but I cannot access it (cd, ls, etc). I can see on the Linux machine that the iMac has mounted the share (showmount -a), so the problem appears to be solely in the permissions. But I have not changed any of the permissions on the remote machine, and even then, they are blown wide open (777) so I'm not sure what is causing the issue. I have tried everything as both a regular user, and as root. Any thoughts?
On the Linux NFS server:
% cat /etc/exports
/share 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,nosubtree_check,no_rootsquash)
% showmount -a
All mount points on <server>:
192.168.1.100:/share <-- <server> address
192.168.1.101:/share <-- iMac address
On the iMac:
% rpcinfo -t 192.168.1.100 nfs
program 100003 version 2 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 3 ready and waiting
program 100003 version 4 ready and waiting
% mount
trigger on /net/<server>/share (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
% mount -t nfs 192.168.1.100:/share /Volumes/share1
mount_nfs: /Volumes/share1: Operation not permitted

My guess is that the Linux server is refusing NFS requests coming from a non-reserved (<1024) source port. If that's the case, adding "insecure" to the Linux export options should get it working. (Note: requiring the use of reserved ports doesn't actually make things any more secure on most networks, so the name of the option is a bit misleading.)
If you were previously able to mount that same export from a Mac, you must have been specifying the "-o resvport" option and doing the mounts as root (via sudo or automount which happens to run as root). So that may be another fix.
HTH
--macko

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I am not sure when it worked the last time. It could well be that the problem only started after one of the lastest snow leopard updates. I know it worked when I upgraded to Snow Leopard.
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http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5984/nfs-manager

Nfs mount created with Netinfo not shown by Directory Utility in Leopard

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>dir</key>
<array>
<string>/Network/Backups</string>
</array>
<key>generateduid</key>
<array>
<string>0000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</string>
</array>
<key>name</key>
<array>
<string>server:/Backups</string>
</array>
<key>opts</key>
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<key>vfstype</key>
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NFS Mounts Empty After Upgrade

Hello, I'm having some issues with my file sharing setup this morning. Can anyone shed any light? I didn't notice any relevant Pacman warnings I needed to watch out for.
After running pacman -Syu on my laptop ( NFS client) and trying to mount shares from my file server I get "successful" mounts, no errors that I see, but showing empty directories. Files are there on the server. My NFS server was not updated. NFS configuration has not changed (except what and pacman -Syu might change). I have rebooted since updating.
Also, when I mount as user, I am prompted for my root pass to unmount, this should not happen.
# from fstab
nas1.lan2.demurgatroid.net:/Misc /mnt/Misc nfs4 rw,user,soft,intr,noauto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0
# from exports on server
/srv/nfs/Misc 10.144.15.100(rw,no_subtree_check)
# Example
[jamie@ada ~]$ mount | grep Misc
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[jamie@ada ~]$ ls -al /mnt/Misc
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 2 15:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 108 Dec 2 15:22 ..
[jamie@ada ~]$ umount /mnt/Misc
umount: /mnt/Misc: umount failed: Operation not permitted
[jamie@ada ~]$ sudo !!
sudo umount /mnt/Misc
[sudo] password for jamie:
Thanks, let me know you need more data.
--Jamie

I believe this is all my error. My lately unreliable wifi dropped while putting out fires at work so I plugged in an ethernet cable and disabled my wifi which changed my IP - so I was not allowed per my own rules. In the process I learned something new:
Change my fstab like so enables convenient auto mounting
nas1.lan2.demurgatroid.net:/Misc /mnt/Misc nfs4 rw,user,soft,intr,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=10,timeo=14,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0

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