On 03/25/10 15:48, Gordon Ross wrote: > This is probably an old problem, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a > work-around? Or maybe an RFE? > > When your NFS client has some (lets say) ZFS exports mounted, i.e. > /net/server/tank > /net/server/tank/a > /net/server/tank/b > Then on the server I create /tank/c and it gets an NFS export, > as shown by "showmount -e server". However, if the client > has activity in /net/server/tank/a there does not seem to be > any way to force the client to reexamine the exports, so any > access to /net/server/tank/c forever fails. > > Is there a way around that?
Yes. Use mirror mounts. See: http://chrisgerhard.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/using-mirror-mounts-to-get-a-better-net/ -- Chris Gerhard. Systems TSC, Oracle Phone: +44 (0) 1252 426033 (ext 26033)
