Hello KrautOS. Here's some of my setup info, please let me know if you need more details. Thanks. vmhost: vSphere 5.5 vmmachine (nfs-server): >uname -a Linux xxx 3.11.0-18-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 18 21:11:14 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >lsb_release -a Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 13.10 Release: 13.10 Codename: saucy >pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/md0 VG Name RaidVG PV Size 3.63 TiB / not usable 4.81 MiB Allocatable yes (but full) PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 951549 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 951549 PV UUID EIJ1f2-N30Y-TRRk-dkW7-qtqC-MgIx-UXyx4n >vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name RaidVG System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 2 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 3.63 TiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 951549 Alloc PE / Size 951549 / 3.63 TiB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID vfKSY2-RbHq-ZXih-EGXD-JCYw-IKEq-7J2DZZ >lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/RaidVG/NFSLV LV Name NFSLV VG Name RaidVG LV UUID Ykdggh-D769-sQmp-ilzL-1bpL-a8eF-MEOvqw LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time nfs-server, 2014-03-02 12:54:24 -0700 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 3.63 TiB Current LE 951549 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:2 >/etc/fstab /dev/mapper/RaidVG-NFSLV /srv/nfs ext4 defaults 0 2 /srv/nfs /srv/nfs ecryptfs defaults 0 0 /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 none swap sw 0 0 >package versions (amd64): mdadm 3.2.5-5ubuntu2 lvm2 2.02.98-6ubuntu1 ecryptfs 103-0ubuntu2 nfs-kernel-server 1:1.2.8-2ubuntu2 >/etc/exports /srv/nfs 192.168.2.0/25(secure,rw,sync,wdelay,hide,no_subtree_check,secure_locks) >exportfs /srv/nfs 192.168.2.0/25 >syslog kernel: [ 14.559732] NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory kernel: [ 14.584691] NFSD: starting 90-second grace period (net ffffffff81cd2dc0) rpc.mountd[1209]: Version 1.2.8 starting nfs-client: >/etc/fstab nfs-server:/srv/nfs /mnt/nfs nfs4 rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr 0 0 >package versions nfs-common 1:1.2.5-3ubuntu3.1 >sudo showmount -e nfs-server Export list for nfs-server: /srv/nfs 192.168.2.0/25 >sudo mount /mnt/nfs mount.nfs4: mounting nfs-server:/srv/nfs failed, reason given by server: No such file or directory > nfs-server syslog nfs-server rpc.mountd[1209]: qword_eol: fprintf failed: errno 22 (Invalid argument) nfs-server rpc.mountd[1209]: Cannot export /srv/nfs, possibly unsupported filesystem or fsid= required I have done numerous tests including mounting non-encrypted, non-root directories successfully. After all the tests my only conclusion was that it was due to the fact the directory I was trying to export is encrypted. Also I've verified encryption in that directory works properly. Only NFS won't work. I've tried SSHFS and SAMBA successfully. Any feedback is appreciated, thank you!