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VMWare reboot caused NFS datastore permission denied

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Applies to

  • VMWare
  • ONTAP
  • NFSv4.1

Issue

  • Reboot of 2 ESXi hosts.
  • NFSv4.1 datastores inaccessible from vmware
  • Permission denied with following errors:

2025-07-19T22:41:27.047Z cpu24:2102285 opID=7d15c6b6)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41FSGetRootFH:4401: Failed to get the pseudo root for volume NACL_NFS41_SSD_HVTmp: Permission denied
2025-07-19T22:41:27.047Z cpu24:2102285 opID=7d15c6b6)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41FSCompleteMount:3942: NFS41FSGetRootFH failed: Permission denied
2025-07-19T22:41:27.047Z cpu24:2102285 opID=7d15c6b6)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41FSDoMount:4584: First attempt to mount the filesystem failed: Permission denied
2025-07-19T22:41:27.047Z cpu24:2102285 opID=7d15c6b6)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_FSMount:4888: NFS41FSDoMount failed: Permission denied
2025-07-19T22:41:27.047Z cpu24:2102285 opID=7d15c6b6)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_VSIMountSet:413: NFS41_FSMount failed: Permission denied
2025-07-19T23:04:51.047Z cpu3:2106842 opID=5eb79a50)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41FSGetRootFH:4401: Failed to get the pseudo root for volume NACL_NFS41_SSD_HVTEST: Permission denied
2025-07-19T23:04:51.047Z cpu3:2106842 opID=5eb79a50)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41FSCompleteMount:3942: NFS41FSGetRootFH failed: Permission denied
2025-07-19T23:04:51.047Z cpu3:2106842 opID=5eb79a50)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41FSDoMount:4584: First attempt to mount the filesystem failed: Permission denied
2025-07-19T23:04:51.047Z cpu3:2106842 opID=5eb79a50)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_FSMount:4888: NFS41FSDoMount failed: Permission denied
2025-07-19T23:04:51.047Z cpu3:2106842 opID=5eb79a50)WARNING: NFS41: NFS41_VSIMountSet:413: NFS41_FSMount failed: Permission denied

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