Emergent help please

Hi there,

I met a very weird problem today. Our Windows Server 2k3 R2 (this is a DC)
doesn't work, when we tried to reboot it, some weird information shows up as
follows,

Now provisioning: D01
VNFS: sl-5.0.i386
Group: Cluster
Node ID: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
mount: RPC: Unable to send; errorno = Network is unreachable
ERROR: Could not mount NFS file system!

I'm wondering whether anyone knows the weird information, does it mean our
networking card is broken or else? Why does the server need to mount NFS
when booting?

I appreicate any comments.

Ray

Because the server is configured to access NFS.
There's not enough information to help you. Is this a dialog box or event
log entry? Do you have access to commend line? What happens if you start in
safe mode (http://www.petri.co.il/safe_mode_in_..._xp_2003.htm)? Do
you have recent system state backup or another DC?

This may be a network card issue. Try booting into alternative OS (any Linux
live CD will do) to check your network connectivity.


--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

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"news.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi there,
>
> I met a very weird problem today. Our Windows Server 2k3 R2 (this is a DC)
> doesn't work, when we tried to reboot it, some weird information shows up
> as follows,
>
> Now provisioning: D01
> VNFS: sl-5.0.i386
> Group: Cluster
> Node ID: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> mount: RPC: Unable to send; errorno = Network is unreachable
> ERROR: Could not mount NFS file system!
>
> I'm wondering whether anyone knows the weird information, does it mean our
> networking card is broken or else? Why does the server need to mount NFS
> when booting?
>
> I appreicate any comments.
>
> Ray
>

Since sl-5.0.i386 sounds suspiciously like a Linux distro tag and
VNFS is common abbrev for virtual node file system (on Linux);
and as these are not Microsoft and you would have needed to decide
to install/enable NFS in W2k3 R2 and I would assume know about it;
I have to ask whether you feel the machine got hacked?


"news.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi there,
>
> I met a very weird problem today. Our Windows Server 2k3 R2 (this is a DC)
> doesn't work, when we tried to reboot it, some weird information shows up
> as follows,
>
> Now provisioning: D01
> VNFS: sl-5.0.i386
> Group: Cluster
> Node ID: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> mount: RPC: Unable to send; errorno = Network is unreachable
> ERROR: Could not mount NFS file system!
>
> I'm wondering whether anyone knows the weird information, does it mean our
> networking card is broken or else? Why does the server need to mount NFS
> when booting?
>
> I appreicate any comments.
>
> Ray
>

Thanks, Svyatoslav and Roger.

You guys confirmed my idea. In fact, I was far away from the server, and I
also wondered that's Linux information and harcked. Now I knew the
information was from the networking card instead of R2, it's from the
embeded system in the networking card.

Thanks again.

Ray

"Roger Abell [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Since sl-5.0.i386 sounds suspiciously like a Linux distro tag and
> VNFS is common abbrev for virtual node file system (on Linux);
> and as these are not Microsoft and you would have needed to decide
> to install/enable NFS in W2k3 R2 and I would assume know about it;
> I have to ask whether you feel the machine got hacked?
>
>
> "news.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I met a very weird problem today. Our Windows Server 2k3 R2 (this is a
>> DC) doesn't work, when we tried to reboot it, some weird information
>> shows up as follows,
>>
>> Now provisioning: D01
>> VNFS: sl-5.0.i386
>> Group: Cluster
>> Node ID: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>> mount: RPC: Unable to send; errorno = Network is unreachable
>> ERROR: Could not mount NFS file system!
>>
>> I'm wondering whether anyone knows the weird information, does it mean
>> our networking card is broken or else? Why does the server need to mount
>> NFS when booting?
>>
>> I appreicate any comments.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>
>