Hi,
I have read many threads regarding replicated hosts for autofs v3 and v4.
Here is my scenario:
On a linux host (Opteron running RHEL 3 WS kernel 2.4.21-20.ELsmp, I have the following automount configured:
mountpoint -fstype=nfs,-proto=tcp,ro host1,host2:/tmp/ro
The goal in my implementation is that after the initial mount occurs to host1 or host2, if that particular host fails, nfs will pick up the mount on the alternate host. Note that since both mount points are read only, this serves as a lower cost, higher availability solution. This works on Solaris.
I have had no success with this on Linux. It seems that the replication only works on the initial mount/rpc call. Once the initial mount occurs, it doesn’t appear there is any fail-over capability.
I have even installed RedHat’s Beta version of E4 (kernel 2.6.9-1.648_ELsmp). The result is the same. If I crash the machine that originally had the mount-point, the end result is a hung mount and fail-over never occurs.
I can’t seem to find any information that indicates that this should or should not work by design.
Can someone please definitively tell me if the capability I am seeking is available via the autofs supplied by RedHat in Enterprise 3?
Regards,
Wayne
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