[Thinlinc-technical] very unstable mechanism to share client-side media via NFS-mounts

[leland, thomas (ext)]

I know this is a workaround for this issue, but when I find that it takes a while for files to copy and appear across the mount, or the link is stale, I do the following:

1)      Save and “Logout” of the session

2)      Re-launch the TL client:

·         Go to [Options] & Delete the [Local Devices] > Drives > “Exported Paths and Permissions” {mount-point}

·         [OK] to Save

·         [OK] To exit the Options mode (e.g. Save)


3)      Add the mount back in like fashion, and Log back in.

This isn’t chronic, but works when needed.
I sometimes run into this issue when moving about different servers after a period of a few months.

Regards!
Tom Leland



From: Thinlinc-technical [mailto:thinlinc-technical-bounces at lists.cendio.se] On Behalf Of Rob De Langhe
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:17 AM
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Subject: [Thinlinc-technical] very unstable mechanism to share client-side media via NFS-mounts


hi,

I must say that the mechanism (up till TL-version 4.7) by which client-side media (hard disk, USB-stick, ...) are 'exported' via NFS to the TL-agents, is quite unstable.

There is no bullet-proof procedure by which logout scripts can avoid that these NFS-mounts become 'stale'. Result is that the TL-agent can only recover from such 'stale' NFS mounts via a reboot. Or worse: if the TL-agent is a *NIX container then its 'guest' server (who runs the kernel) needs a reboot as well...

-> is there no better mechanism to share the client-side media via the VNC client-to-agent tunnels? Another protocol than NFS is required to avoid the above problems.

brgds
Rob
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