hi all, we are looking for a way to test if a client can mount an nfs export from a remote server without actually mounting the filesystem.
the main reason for this is so we can monitor/detect issues on certain nodes, and in case of problems, exclude problematic nodes from workloads. we use autofs to control the mounts as most mounts are not required at the same time but don't know upfront which ones are; so we currently do this by actually mounting the filesystems (unused ones are quickly unmounted by autofs). but this is a slowish process and we are looking in other ways to test this. another advantage of having such a tool would be to stress test the nfs servers in preparation of or after upgrades (e.g. we just went from 1.5 to 2.2, it would have been really nice if we could use our production nodes to test the mountpoints on the preparation testbed, without the client having to actually mount anything. i'm asking this question here since i assume that ganesha has some (unit)testing tools to help stress test ganesha, and maybe they can be used for our plans too. many thanks, stijn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o _______________________________________________ Nfs-ganesha-devel mailing list Nfs-ganesha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs-ganesha-devel
