'Stale NFS file handle' error but no NFS mount present

Question

One virtual machine runnning on Xen host experienced 'Stale NFS file handle' problems and I can't explain it while there is no NFS mount present.

The problem occurs when listing the content on a specific directory:

$ ls -la
ls: cannot access xxx: Stale NFS file handle

The following command returns nothing:

mount -t nfs

Other info:

# cat /etc/debian_version 
5.0.3

# uname -a 
Linux abc 2.6.26-1-xen-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 21:39:38 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Conpare the contents of /etc/mtab with the output of cat /proc/mounts. I have that error rarely, usually I do exportfs -r on the NFS-Server and then remount all NFS mounts on the client.

quanta · Answer 1 · 2011-10-21 06:36:08Z

This error comes up when client is trying to access a file or a directory which is removed/replaced.

Here are some solutions to try:

Samuel Montosa · Answer 2 · 2012-02-12 15:17:35Z

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With no-NFS problem seems filesystem integrity. Try to check filesystem. It worked for me.

answered Feb 12 at 15:17

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