To check on the NFS server status

• Prior to starting the NFS server, check on the status of the server by entering:

  NFS> server status

  The output shows the status. The output also indicates whether the NFS server used is the kernel NFS server or the NFS-Ganesha server.

  The states (ONLINE, OFFLINE, and FAULTED) correspond to each Veritas Access node identified by the node name. The states of the node may vary depending on the situation for that particular node.

  The possible states of the NFS> server status command are:

  ONLINE	Indicates that the node can serve NFS protocols to the client.
  OFFLINE	Indicates the NFS services on that node are down.
  FAULTED	Indicates something is wrong with the NFS service on the node.

  You can run the NFS> server start command to restart the NFS services, and only the nodes where NFS services have problems, are restarted.

To start the NFS server

• To start the NFS server, enter the following:

  NFS> server start

  You can use the NFS> server start command to clear an OFFLINE state from the NFS> server status output by only restarting the services that are offline. You can run the NFS> server start command multiple times without it affecting the already-started NFS server.

  Run the NFS> server status command again to confirm the change.

To stop the NFS server

• To stop the NFS server, enter the following:

  NFS> server stop