NFS share fails to mount at boot due to error "Failed to resolve server : Name or service not known"
Issue
- NFS share fails to mount during the reboot with error below:
Aug 28 16:44:46 NFS-Client systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/test...
Aug 28 16:44:58 NFS-Client mount[4092]: mount.nfs: Failed to resolve server <NFS-Server>.: Name or service not known
Aug 28 16:44:58 NFS-Client systemd[1]: mnt-nfs.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Aug 28 16:44:58 NFS-Client systemd[1]: mnt-nfs.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 28 16:44:58 NFS-Client systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/test.
- NFS share can be manually mounted post the reboot.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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