Why does RHEL 6 NFSv4.1 client print error: "NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS"?

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Issue

  • dmesg is filled with the following error mesage
NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS
NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS
NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS
NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS
NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS
NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS
NFS: filelayout_write_pagelist: prepare_ds failed, use MDS

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (NFS client)
  • Netapp (NFS server)
  • NFSv4.1 (NFS mount option: minorversion=1)

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