The z/OS Distributed File Service (SMB server) supports Windows clients. Have they considered NFS? z/OS has a client.
Bill On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:54:18 -0500, Andy Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello list > >I get this request from a user > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I'm looking into ways of pushing out files written from Datastage on USS >to Windows servers. FTP functionality is not available from within the >product, so we'd have to write a FTP script to push the files onto a FTP >server. On Linux I've successfully used Samba to increase the flexibility >of this approach by allowing us to push files onto Windows shares >regardless of whether they're also running an FTP server. I've done a bit >of reading on the internet and it sounds like Samba is an implementation >of a common protocol SMB which appears to be supported on z/os USS - do >you know if this would work on our environment? ><<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > >This sounds like they want a SAMBA **client** on the z/OS box. As far >as I can see DFS does not support this. > >Does anyone know if there is still a freeware SAMBA port for USS??? > >(or are there other obvious solutions I am missing?) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
