Give it at least a meg. The directories will take some tiny amount of space.
Really, there's no reason to NOT install the shell and utilities, though you can get by without them if all you're running now is the CMS NFS client. (You would not have the 'mkdir' command, but you could still 'openvm cre dir' to create the mountpoint directory.) -- R; <>< On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 13:01, Schuh, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > >> > >> > >>
