1Z0-820 practice question 18 of 25

You are troubleshooting the failure of a computer to mount an NFS file system hosted by a server (hostname mars) in the local area network. Select the three commands that will enable you to identify the problem.

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Answer options
A: ping - s mars Correct answer
B: cat /etc/vfstab
C: cat /etc/dfs/dfstab
D: sharemgr show -v
E: showmount -e mars Correct answer
F: rpcinfo -s mars | egrep ‘nfs|mountd’ Correct answer
Correct Answer:
A. ping - s mars; E. showmount -e mars; F. rpcinfo -s mars | egrep ‘nfs|mountd’
Explanation

To troubleshoot an NFS mount failure from a client, you must verify network connectivity, exported shares, and RPC services. ping -s mars verifies basic ICMP network reachability to the NFS server. showmount -e mars queries the server's mount daemon to display the file systems currently exported. rpcinfo -s mars | egrep 'nfs|mountd' verifies that the required NFS and mountd RPC services are registered and actively responding on the server. These three commands isolate network, configuration, and service-level issues.

Why Incorrect

B: /etc/vfstab lists file systems to be mounted at boot, but it does not actively test or identify server-side NFS failures. C: /etc/dfs/dfstab is deprecated in Solaris 11; NFS shares are managed via ZFS properties (sharenfs) or the share command. D: sharemgr is obsolete in Solaris 11, having been replaced by the zfs set sharenfs and share commands.

References

1. Oracle Corporation. "Oracle Solaris 11.1 Administration: Network Services." Part No: E28994. Chapter 5: Network File System Administration, Section: "Troubleshooting NFS Problems."

2. Oracle Corporation. "man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands." showmount(1M) and rpcinfo(1M) manual pages.

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