[Samba] CTDB and NFS4

[L.P.H. van Belle]

only thing in know for NFSv4 
add in krb5.conf in 
[libdefaults] 
allow_weak_crypto = true 

then nfs4v wil work. ( tested in a non CTDB setup ) 





>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: sw_samba at nzgeek.com 
>[mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Stephen Ward
>Verzonden: dinsdag 11 maart 2014 9:09
>Aan: Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de
>CC: samba at lists.samba.org
>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] CTDB and NFS4
>
>Hi Volker, thank you for your comments.
>
>Using CTDB with an NFS server if I mount with the version 3 option then
>stop ctdb on the server the client fails over to the new 
>server fine.  Same
>client, same servers, same process but mounting with the 
>version 4 option
>and when CTDB fails over the client locks.  After ten minutes or so I
>killed the process on the client, it was still not responsive.
>
>As I understand it this works because the NFS daemons share records and
>'tickle' connections on failover (see
>https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/CTDB_Setup#Setting_up_CTDB_for
>_clustered_NFS
>).
>
> NFS4 works fine except for failover and NFS3 works fine 
>including failover
>so I assume that it is specifically an issue with NFS4 with CTDB.
>
>My understanding of specifically how this works is limited so 
>if anyone has
>any ideas about this at all I'd be really keen to hear!
>
>
>On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Volker Lendecke
><Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 12:32:01PM +1300, Stephen Ward wrote:
>> > I'm sorry if this has already been covered somewhere, but 
>I've had a look
>> > and can't find it.  Also if there is a better place for 
>this question,
>> > please let me know.
>> >
>> > I know that the CTDB documentation states that only NFS2/3 
>are supported
>> > with CTDB but what I'd really like to know is why NFS4 
>won't work and if
>> > NFS4 support is planned for the future (timeline?).  Also 
>can anyone
>> > suggest any work arounds/development versions/anything 
>that may help with
>> > this?
>> >
>> > I have a cluster that works well with samba4 and NFS3 (on 
>GPFS/RHEL) but
>> > unsurprisingly, while NFS4 works ok normally, if I stop 
>the server a
>> client
>> > is using any access attempts will freeze on the client.
>>
>> Is that really a NFS4/CTDB question? With hard mounts that's
>> pretty much what I would expect.
>>
>> Volker
>>
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