Since this is simply to read files, is it necessary to give the BFS filespace any space, or can it be enrolled with BLKS 0?
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Troth > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Access Linux Files From CMS > > Let me second what Dave Jones said: try the CMS NFS client. > If you're using CMS to manage Linux guests, it's a really > handy tool. For example, consider that Linux is running NFS > to share a directory called "/export/stuff". You could: > > openvm mount /../VMBFS:VMSYS:ROOT/ / > openvm run /bin/mkdir -m 555 -p /import/stuff > openvm mount /../NFS:linuxhostname/export/stuff /import/stuff > openvm getbfs /import/stuff/the.file the file a (olddate > > Look into the TRANS|NOTRANS option for both 'mount' and 'getbfs'. > Look into the LIST|NOLIST and other options for 'mount'. > And of course the REPLACE option for 'getbfs', if needed. > VM TCP/IP client tools disk required. > > The CMS NFS client requires that you have a (non-NFS) byte > filesystem mounted as the root. (You do not need the rest of > the shell and utilities functioning for this example, except > for the 'mkdir' > command. You do NOT need to launch a shell.) The nature of > POSIX mounts is that there be an empty directory already at > the point where you want to mount. (Thus the 'mkdir' command.) > > -- Rick; <>< > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:28, Schuh, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a need to be able to access files on a Linux system > from CMS > > in a different LPAR. Never having done this, the specifics > of how to > > do it are a mystery waiting to be solved. What are the > steps that need > > be done in order to accomplish this? Is there a procedure > for doing it > > documented somewhere, a Redbook perhaps? Any pointer to > speed us on our way will be appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > Richard Schuh > > > > > > >
