RHEL NFS Client mounting QNAP NFS export: "Too many levels of symbolic links" / "directory [...] contains a readdir loop."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While running rsync to a NFS share, we are experiencing a error/warning message (on the NFS client).
cp: cannot access `X/Y': Too many levels of symbolic links
  • NFS: directory X/Y contains a readdir loop.Please contact your server vendor. The file: Z has duplicate cookie 1845644159

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (kernel 2.6.32-573.8.1.el6.x86_64) (NFS Client)
  • QNAP TS-269 Pro NFS Server, firmware 4.0.7 (Build 20140410)
  • NFS

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