Unable to unmount an NFS share, receiving error: not found / mounted or server not reachable

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Issue

  • Issuing a umount command to an NFS share gives the following error:
umount.nfs: x.x.x.x:/NFSshare: not found / mounted or server not reachable

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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