Originally posted by: GlennBrown

I am having a NFS server issue with AIX. I cannot mount any share I create in windows (using 2003 with SFU, XP with SFU and Windows 7 Client for NFS). These windows boxes are able to mount a linux nfs share and a share on my Isilon with zero issues.

At this point I have a wide open share.

C:\Users\y12041>showmount -e gws01
Exports list on gws01:
/srv/nfs/testshare                 All Machines

C:\Users\y12041>mount -o anon gws01:/srv/nfs/testshare z:
Network Error - 85

Type 'NET HELPMSG 85' for more information.
 

I get the above error regardless of the client type I try in windows.

Originally posted by: GarlandJoseph

First make sure that you're not already mapped to the Z: drive on the windows client (net use...i think).  If that's fine, it sounds like the AIX NFS subsystem may be the culprit.  Log onto the aix server (start on the machine in question then work your way to include network in debugging this issue) do both commands showmount -a (this will show if any other clients that have mounts). Do showmount -e to see what directories are exported from the AIX server.  Can you mount the linux box to aix.  By the way, we are talking about NFS running on AIX and not samba right.  Saying nfs share can be confusing but I suppose it depends on perspective. Do lssrc -g nfs to see the status of the AIX NFS server subsystem (or just do smitty nfs to manipulate NFS).  Try issuing the showmount -a <aix-host> and showmount -e <aix-host> from the linux system and then try mounting the AIX exported NFS directory to the linux system.  Apologies if I am stating the obvious...this will just help you insure it is a client-server issue. It should be checked before assuming it's an incompatibility issue.  You may also need to specify the NFS version on the client mount command or export a particular NFS version from the AIX server.  What NFS client software do you have on the windows box?