RHEL NFS server hit error "rpc.idmapd[xxxx]: dirscancb: scandir(/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs//nfs): Too many open files"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The error below is seen in /var/log/messages on RHEL NFS server:
Feb 21 07:30:01 RHEL-NFS-Server rpc.idmapd[xxxx]: dirscancb: scandir(/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs//nfs): Too many open files
Feb 21 07:30:01 RHEL-NFS-Server rpc.idmapd[xxxx]: dirscancb: scandir(/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs//nfs): Too many open files

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • RHEL NFS server with nfs-utils-2.5.4-25.el9 and higher

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