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New device unable to access NFS mount due to export-policy issue

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS4
  • Export-Policy

Issue

  • When attempting to allow a new host/client to access an NFS export, client returns the following error:

mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting

  • Check access command comes back with denied
::> export-policy check-access -vserver svm1 -volume datavol -client-ip 10.20.40.80 -authentication-method  sys -protocol nfs4 -access-type read-write
                                         Policy    Policy      Rule
Path                          Policy     Owner     Owner Type  Index Access
----------------------------- ---------- --------- ----------  ----- ------
/                             default    svm1_root volume      0     denied

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