Attempting to mount a NFS file system fails with "svc: failed to register lockdv1 RPC service (errno 5)" (Doc ID 1528808.1)

Last updated on MARCH 29, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

1 - Mount NFS hangs using the options 

rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,tcp,vers=3,timeo=600,actimeo=0 

 2 - During the mount  /var/log/messages shows 

Feb 12 15:11:38 <HOSTNAME> kernel: svc: failed to register lockdv1 RPC service (errno 5). 
Feb 12 15:12:13 <HOSTNAME> kernel: rpcbind: server localhost not responding, timed out

 3 - However it works after add the option nolock 

rw,bg,hard,nointr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,tcp,nolock,vers=3,timeo=600,actimeo=0 

Cause

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