Cannot create NFS share under a mount point in a cluster or on a Standalone Server.



Issue 1:

Scenario on a Clustered Server.

You will see the following Event ID's logged in system event viewer.

Log Name:      System
Source:        NFSShare
Event ID:      1010
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A 
Description:

Cluster NFS Share : Cannot bring resource online for path 'J:\Test' due to the error: The specified share name is already in use or you are trying to modify the properties of a share which is online.



Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering
Event ID:      1069
Task Category: Resource Control Manager
Level:         Error 
User:          SYSTEM
Description:
Cluster resource 'Test' in clustered service or application 'File Share' failed.


Issue 2:


Standalone Server


You cannot create the NFS share under a mount point on a Standalone Server 

Error Message: "Server for NFS cannot update the share configuration.Try updating the shared directory again, or delete and recreate the shared directory."

This is by Design

NFS share cannot be created under a mount point in a cluster or on a stand alone server.

Issue 1

Under Cluster.log you see the following entries:

ERR [RES] NFS Share <Test>: Cluster NFS Share <Test>: Cannot bring resource online for path 'J:\Test' due to the error: The specified share name is already in use or you are trying to modify the properties of a share which is online.
ERR [RHS] Online for resource Test failed.
WARN [RCM] HandleMonitorReply: ONLINERESOURCE for 'Test', gen(0) result 5018.

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