Shared NFS storage showing status: unknown on 2nd pve host.

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pzerkel

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I am still in the testing stages of ProxMox VE as a potential VMware replacement.

I have successfully set up a single host, and successfully connected it to an NFS share on a TrueNAS. The shared storage on the 1st host shows a "status: available" .

Yesterday, I set up a 2nd host, with the goal of setting up a cluster. I am having issues getting connected to the same NFS share on this 2nd host. I have added the Shared storage but I had to uncheck the "enabled" box when I first attached it. Then I went to edit the shared storage and checked the 'enabled; box, The storage now shows on the left pane, but with a "Status: unknown".

I have confirmed that I can ping the TrueNAS from this 2nd host. I have also confirmed the TrueNAS share is currently allowing any host to connect (i.e. I do not have any entries in the 'network' or 'hosts' boxes set currently in the TrueNAS NFS share.)

I have been able to load (test) VMs onto the shared storage from the 1st host, so it seems like the TrueNAS NFS share is working correctly. But I am at a loss as to why I cannot get it connected to the 2nd host properly.
 
I agree with the suggestions above.

Could you please run the following command on the second Proxmox host and share the output?

pvesm status

It would also be useful to test whether the same NFS export can be mounted manually from that host:

mkdir -p /mnt/test-nfs
mount -v -t nfs <TrueNAS_IP>:/<NFS_EXPORT_PATH> /mnt/test-nfs

Please share the result or any error message from the mount command.

That should help narrow down whether this is a Proxmox storage configuration issue or a more general NFS connectivity/export issue on the second host.
 
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