NFSv3 locking takes a long time to complete or does not function at all on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • NFSv3 lock requests take a long time to complete or do not complete at all on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFS client.
  • The following messages may appear in /var/log/messages:
lockd: server server.example.com not responding, still trying

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • NFSv3

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