Getting a lot of "gethostbyname error" in /var/log/messages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3

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Issue

Getting a lot of "gethostbyname error" in /var/log/messages

rpc.statd[3029]: gethostbyname error for HOSTNAME
rpc.statd[3029]: STAT_FAIL to HOSTNAME for SM_MON of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
kernel: lockd: cannot monitor xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
  • kernel-2.6.18-128.el5 (x86_64)
    
  • nfs-utils-1.0.9-40.el5
    
  • nfs-utils-lib-1.0.8-7.2.z2
    

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