Mounting NFS shares results in error "kernel: RPC: failed to contact portmap (errno -5)."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to mount an NFS share from an NFS client, the mount command exhibits the following errors:
Jun  4 15:06:30 tx2xpvlxfr kernel: portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
Jun  4 15:06:30 tx2xpvlxfr kernel: RPC: failed to contact portmap (errno -5).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • NFSv3

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