NFS client displays "NFS server not responding" in messages
Applies to
- NFS
- Data ONTAP
Issue
- Poor performance without uncharacteristic latency reported in monitoring tools
- NFS clients can hang when attempting to run I/O on the export.
Error:
A client system is experiencing NFS issues, as indicated by the following log entries:
[Tue Sep 9 12:42:38 2025] NFS: state manager: check lease failed on NFSv4 server <NFS_SERVER_IP> with error 10018
[Tue Sep 9 12:43:14 2025] NFS: state manager: check lease failed on NFSv4 server <NFS_SERVER_IP> with error 10018
[Tue Sep 9 11:48:06 2025] nfs: server <NFS_SERVER_IP> not responding, still trying
[Tue Sep 9 11:48:07 2025] NFS: state manager: check lease failed on NFSv4 server <NFS_SERVER_IP> with error 10018