[VU+ Solo2] NFS issue

[goosegog]

hi,ive NFS share set to share between my duo and my solo2 to view recordings on the solo from the duo,when i flash both stbs and set up NFS share all works great for a couple of days then i will get a warning sign saying no directory found.a restart of both boxes fixes the issue,no ball ache really but just curious to see if anyone else has the same problem or an idea if i am doing anything wrong.
ive tried samba in the past and that seemed worse
i aint set ip on either box
both boxes put on standby at night with no powertimers
cheers

 

[Walt]

Mine does it too but I've put it down to my duo2 using wireless.

 

[goosegog]

Mine does it too but I've put it down to my duo2 using wireless.

thanks for reply walt,both my boxes are wired

 

[birdman]

Just out of curiosity - do either of the boxes use DHCP for their IP address?

 

[goosegog]

Hi,yeah im sure ive DHCP set to yes
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[goosegog]

This is an old picture off my phone but im sure i dont change anything in this setting
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[Piranha]

Always had the same problem. I have two TM Twins and mount each HDD as a NFS share. Like you, I can access the other receivers' HDD for a few days and then get the annoying 'directory media/autofs/XYZ does not exist' message.
Don't normally reboot though - just go to Menu/Setup/System/Network/Mounts setup/Mount manager/Mount points management - then select the mount and press OK to edit, then OK again to activate the settings - a nag screen will come up 'A mount entry with this name already exists! Update existing entry and continue? Default is 'no' - select 'yes' and then OK.
The mount will be activated and then you can access it through your media list by pressing the yellow button 'Location' as usual.
It is a minor inconvenience which I have just accepted up to now. If it is the same in the new image series I might raise it on here, unless someone responds to your thread with an answer.
BTW, there is an option in the Network Mount manager 'Setup Mount Again', which, although I have this set to 'Schedule Mount Again' - 'yes' and every hour, has never seemed to work for me!

 

[birdman]

Hi,yeah im sure ive DHCP set to yes

That coudl well be the problem, then. Since NFS works by identifying the system at the other end by its address. So if your system wakes up and gets given a different IP address by the DHCP server things may well fail.

Try setting a static address for both systems (obviously ones which are not within the range served out by the DHCP server) or configure the DHCP server to allocate specific IP addresses to the two MAC addresses of the servers involved.

 

[goosegog]

thanks for the input fellas i will try the suggestions
cheers

 

[johnhoe]

No I dont think this is a DHCP problem. I have a static address and still have the problem with my Solo2.
The NFS share often disappears randomly in spite of the refresh every 1 hr in the software.
I agree this is a problem.

 

[tuneboy2005]

Here too, i have on my synology nas server 4 NFS shares to my vu+ solo2. It all works fine until some time all my 4 shares are gone sudenly. When i reboot i have my shares back until i watch some content on my nas and then it happens again after a while, again all my share (mounts) are gone. My box has a static IP. Very annoying since i missed some recording due to that issue

 

[birdman]

Since I happen to have a test NFS server setup I've added a location to my box, moved an old recording to it (which worked) and will see what happens.
I actually wrote a few lines of the code for the automount process, so I might be able to get some idea of what is (not) happening.

 

[birdman]

Here too, i have on my synology nas server 4 NFS shares to my vu+ solo2. It all works fine until some time all my 4 shares are gone sudenly. When i reboot i have my shares back...

So do you leave your box on permanently? Mine goes into Deep Standby every day.

 

[tuneboy2005]

So do you leave your box on permanently? Mine goes into Deep Standby every day.

No my box goes everyday in normal standby, not DEEP standby.
Even when i am looking to a recording, half way that recording my box crashes because the mounts are sudenly gone. when i reboot it works again. Sor for me this box is useless when it comes to record programs or watch recordings.

 

[birdman]

No my box goes everyday in normal standby, not DEEP standby.

So actually, "yes" you do leave the box on all of the time!
Standby just shuts down a few outputs but leaves the system, and hence the automounter, running.

 

[tuneboy2005]

So actually, "yes" you do leave the box on all of the time!
Standby just shuts down a few outputs but leaves the system, and hence the automounter, running.

indeed so the mounts are lost during playback of recordings or even just when i am watching TV (no recordings)

 

[birdman]

indeed so the mounts are lost during playback of recordings or even just when i am watching TV (no recordings)

The file-system will be unmounted when you are watching TV as it won't be in use and the automounter is configured to try to unmount every 5s (!?!). However, if you are playing back a recording then it shouldn't be able to unmount it as there will be an open file-handle on it.
And even if it did unmount it then it should be able to remount it on demand - and it sounds as though that doesn't happen either.
The only reason I can see for it stopping in mid-flight is a resource issue (part of my code contribution a few years ago was to fix a file-handle leak in early v5 code - but that was put into 5.0.1rc3). But I used autofs on Unix/Linux systems at work where we had around 20 automount maps with a few thousand entries between them and never had a problem, so wouldn't expect one here.

 

[cactikid]

This is an old picture off my phone but im sure i dont change anything in this setting
Thanks


curious as i looked on my solo and your box has only got primary dns and all my other settings do have info,my boxes are switched off by remote red button.

 

[goosegog]

This is an old picture off my phone but im sure i dont change anything in this setting
Thanks


curious as i looked on my solo and your box has only got primary dns and all my other settings do have info,my boxes are switched off by remote red button.

sorry buddy,i think i was setting up from scratch on that photo,just had a look now in adapter settings and all current settings are there instead of N/A

 

[cactikid]

ha ha i thought you were well screwed