Yep; I used TSAF over AVS+VTAM and connected users+SFSs; that should work regardless of the size of your country.
R; Rob Hamilton Chemical Abstracts Service ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Wheeler Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Old codger question: Can SFS be networked across systems? In the unlikely situation where you run VTAM on your z/VM systems, you can config your AVS gateways and connect the two SFS's via LU6.2. Mark Wheeler UnitedHealth Group > Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:38:33 +0100 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Old codger question: Can SFS be networked across systems? > To: [email protected] > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Les Koehler <[email protected]> wrote: > > A friend and I were (dis)cussing SFS and he thinks it can be networked > > cross-country. Possible? I would guess that it would be an authentication > > nightmare at the user level. Thoughts? > > If you share via ISFC that means both sides must be in the same > administrative domain. But given the length of the FICON connection, > it will only work for small countries ;-) > IPGATE run over TCP/IP connections and does long distance. Latency can > make it less fun for regular use, but IMHO you really should not have > critical data on a remote system. You define user access and mapping > in the IPGATE configuration files. Provided there is some > understanding between userid management on both sides, you could even > use dummy userids as the target of the mapping (eg map MAINT at SYSA > to user MAINT-A at SYSB). > > Rob Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message transmission, including any attachment(s), may contain confidential, proprietary, or privileged information from Chemical Abstracts Service ("CAS"), a division of the American Chemical Society ("ACS"). If you have received this transmission in error, be advised that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Please destroy all copies of the message and contact the sender immediately by either replying to this message or calling 614-447-3600.
