nfsping(1nfs)

nfsping -- check status of the NFS daemons

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/nfsping -a

/usr/sbin/nfsping -s

/usr/sbin/nfsping -c

/usr/sbin/nfsping -o name

Description

The nfsping command allows any user to check the status of the NFS^® daemons, and to see if they are running.

Options

The following options are available to the nfsping command:

-a: Check that all NFS daemons (nfsd, biod, rpcbind, mountd, lockd, statd, bootparamd, and pcnfsd) are running.
-s: Check that the nfsd, rpcbind, mountd, lockd, and statd NFS daemons are running.
-c: Check that the biod, rpcbind, lockd, and statd NFS daemons are running.
-o name: Check that the NFS daemon specified by name is running.

Only one option may be used at a time.

Exit codes

The following values are returned by the nfsping command:

0: All NFS daemons are running
32: No NFS daemons are running
33: Only the rpcbind daemon is running
34: System is running in bootserver mode
35: System is running in pc server mode
36: System is only running in server mode
37: System is only running in client mode
38: System is running in bootserver and client mode
39: System is running in client and pc server mode
40: System is running in server and client mode
41: The rpcbind daemon is not running
42: Usage message printed
43: More than one option has been specified
50: Could not get network configuration for udp
51: The status daemon (statd) is not running
52: Invalid daemon name specified with -o
xx: Could not get network configuration for tcp

Examples

The nfsping -a command reports the following:

   nfsd is running
   biod is running
   rpcbind is running
   mountd is running
   lockd is running
   statd is running
   bootparamd is running
   pcnfsd is running

The nfsping -o statd command produces the following output:

   nfsping: statd is running

References

biod(1Mnfs), bootparamd(1Mnfs), lockd(1Mnfs), mountd(1Mnfs), nfsd(1Mnfs), pcnfsd(1Mnfs), rpcbind(1Mtcp), statd(1Mnfs)