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How to clear AIX NFS cache on a server
Do the following on a server that is having problem exporting NFS mounts
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1) Move the currents exports file to another name
mv /etc/exports /etc/exports.old
2) Create a new exports file
touch /etc/exports
3) Unexport everything
exportfs -ua
4) Stop NFS
stopsrc -g nfs
5) Stop portmapper
stopsrc -s portmap
6) Change directory to /etc and remove or rename the following files if they exist.
rm -rf xtab state sm sm.bak rmtab
7) change directory to /var/statman and remote the status monitoring files.
rm -rf state sm sm.bak
8) start the portmapper
startsrc -s portmap
9) start nfs
startsrc -g nfs
10) re-export what is left in /etc/exports
exportfs -va
11) refresh the inetd daemon subsystem
refresh -s inetd
12) Move the /etc/exports file that you backed up back in place.
mv /etc/exports.old /etc/exports
13) export all directories in /etc/exports
exportfs -a
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1) Move the currents exports file to another name
mv /etc/exports /etc/exports.old
2) Create a new exports file
touch /etc/exports
3) Unexport everything
exportfs -ua
4) Stop NFS
stopsrc -g nfs
5) Stop portmapper
stopsrc -s portmap
6) Change directory to /etc and remove or rename the following files if they exist.
rm -rf xtab state sm sm.bak rmtab
7) change directory to /var/statman and remote the status monitoring files.
rm -rf state sm sm.bak
8) start the portmapper
startsrc -s portmap
9) start nfs
startsrc -g nfs
10) re-export what is left in /etc/exports
exportfs -va
11) refresh the inetd daemon subsystem
refresh -s inetd
12) Move the /etc/exports file that you backed up back in place.
mv /etc/exports.old /etc/exports
13) export all directories in /etc/exports
exportfs -a