Is filesystem USER.TOOLS part of the z/OS maintained filesystem? Sounds like in BPXPRMxx you have VERSION set to Z1D on one system, and Z21 on another. If this filesystem is NOT part of z/OS maintained filesystems, then you can
1) Create a new directory entry in your SYSPLEX ROOT filesystem called something like /shared/tools 2) In your versioned filesystems, remve the directory /usr/local, and replace it with a symbolic link like ln -s /shared/tools /usr/local Then both systems will resolve the directory to the same location. With shared file systems in z/OS unix, a physical filesystem can only be mounted once, period. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cal McCracken Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 10:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Sysplex File System Sharing with Mountpoints Containing Symlinks I'm testing the sharing of a zFS file system between sysplex'd z/OS 2.1 and z/OS 1.13 systems. The file system is to be mounted at a mountpoint that contains a symlink containing $VERSION in its definition. That is, the mountpoint is '/usr/local' but '/usr' is a symlink defined as '$VERSION/usr'. On the z/OS 2.1 system, this mountpoint resolves to '/Z21/usr/local'. On the z/OS 1.13 system, it resolves to '/Z1D/usr/local'. When the z/OS 2.1 system is IPL'd first, the file system successfully mounts at '/Z21/usr/local'. When the z/OS 1.13 system is IPL'd second, the mount is refused with message: BPXF237I FILE SYSTEM USER.TOOLS WAS ALREADY MOUNTED ON PATHNAME /Z21/usr/local. How does one make the USERS.TOOLS file system available to the z/OS 1.13 at /usr/local (which resolves to /Z1D/usr/local)? Configuration: BPXPRMxx - SYSPLEX(YES) IOEPRMxx - sysplex=filesys and sysplex_filesys_sharemode=NORWSHARE Mount command: MOUNT FILESYSTEM('USER.TOOLS') TYPE(ZFS) MODE(read) UNMOUNT MOUNTPOINT('/usr/local') ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
