HP ProLiant Storage Server Release Notes (January 2006)

NFS clients and Services for NFS

This section provides additional information on using NFS clients on the storage server.

Issue: An RPC application error is found in Event Viewer

Description An error event is logged in the system log with the following details:

Source: Interix

Description: Could not connect to host localhost: while connecting RPC: Port

mapper failure - RPC: unable to receive

Workaround The RPC server restarts automatically to recover from any previous error. This

restart avoids further error events.

Issue: Microsoft Server for NFS consumes system memory on DL100 G2 storage servers

Description Uni-processor systems may exhibit a lock-up condition when extreme memory

pressure is applied while Server for NFS is running.

Workaround A hotfix for this issue is available from HP Support. If you are not using SFU 3.5,

disable the Server for NFS service by accessing the Services Management

Console and setting the startup type to disabled in the properties.

Issue: Windows Services for NFS 3.0 and case sensitivity

Description Accessing case insensitive files through an NFS share to UNIX clients.

Workaround Ensure the following policy is disabled in the storage server’s local security

policy>Security Options System Objects: Require cases insensitivity for

non-Windows subsystems. Reboot the server if the policy is changed. With the

security policy disabled, it is strongly recommended that files that differ in case

always be edited from the UNIX client and not from the Windows side. See the

Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB322838 for additional information at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322838

Issue: Cannot modify NFS client created files from CIFS client or Windows Server

Description If a file is created on an NFS client, and the share is accessible by both CIFS and

NFS, the file cannot be modified from a CIFS client or from the server. When

attempting to save the modified file, an error message is displayed stating

Cannot create the <path and filename> file. Make sure the

path and filename are correct. This issue applies to the following

storage servers using Service for Unix version 3.5 (SFU 3.5): HP Proliant Storage

Server DL100, ML110, ML110 G2, ML350 G4, ML370 G4/G4p, DL380 G4,

DL585, and HP StorageWorks NAS 500s.

Workaround HP engineers are working to resolve this issue. In the meantime, if the file must be

modified from Windows, use the following workaround:

1. On a Windows machine, make a copy of the file.

2. Delete the original file.

3. Rename the copied file to the original file name.