Shared HFS is a pretty strange thing. It really isn't like anything else in the MVS world as far as I can tell.
1. You have to be some sort of sysplex. I am pretty sure that XCF signaling will be enough to get you up and running. 2. You have to have the HFS sharing data set setup. 3. Everything is shared with the HFS sharing turned on which means that you really need to RTFM... there are no shortcuts on this one. Personally, I think IBM missing the boat here. I keep meaning to open up a change request... but the HFS sharing is not very flexible. Once you turn it on for a couple of systems .. they are linked. I don't have just one SYS1.PARMLIB or just one SYS1.PROCLIB (although we try to keep it down to just a couple). I had really wanted to be able to share things where it made sense.. like between a couple of systems in that were production... or the /etc between multiple system (have dev share, have prod share) but not all of them ( I have a plex with 2 tech systems, 2 dev systems and 9 prod systems ) What I ended up doing is mounting all the binary stuff read-only and sharing them. Every other file system is done system by system. I would really like ZFS/HFS files to be managed in some sort of grouping... maybe more like the JES2 XCF group where we give it a name to keep them all separate within the same plex. Or maybe RLS type sharing where I can actually define what I want to share and what I don't. Here is an example file system dataset Mounted --------------------------- ------------------------- ----------- /opt/fitb/tomcatdb (OMVSU.TECH.TOMCATDB) Read, Write /opt/fitb/jspwiki/sysprog (OMVS.TECH.JSPWIKI.SYSPROG) Read, Write /opt/fitb/jspwiki (OMVS.TECH.JSPWIKI) Read, Write /opt/fitb/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28 (OMVS.TECH.TOMCAT) Read, Write /usr/blk (OMVS.TEC1.BLK.ESSIP) Read, Write /usr/lpp/etldapv3 (OMVS.TEC1.ETLDAPV3) Read, Write /usr/opt (OMVS.TEC1.USR.OPT) Read, Write /usr/local (OMVS.TEC1.USR.LOCAL) Read, Write /opt/fitb (OMVS.TEC1.OPT.FITB) Read, Write /usr/mail (OMVS.TEC1.MAIL) Read, Write /u (OMVS.TEC1.HOME) Read, Write /SYSTEM/var (OMVS.TEC1.VAR.ZFS) Read, Write /SYSTEM/etc (OMVS.TEC1.ETC.ZFS) Read, Write /usr/lpp/perl (OMVS.RST01A.SPRLHFS) Read Only /usr/lpp/ixm (OMVS.RST01A.XML) Read Only /usr/lpp/ing (OMVS.RST01A.SINGHFS) Read Only /usr/lpp/cobol (OMVS.RST01A.SIGYROOT) Read Only /usr/lpp/TWS/V8R3M0 (OMVS.RST01A.SEQQHFS) Read Only /usr/lpp/zWebSphere/V6R1 (OMVS.RST01A.SBBOHFS) Read Only /usr/lpp/netview (OMVS.RST01A.NETVHFS) Read Only /usr/lpp/mqm (OMVS.RST01A.MQS) Read Only /usr/lpp/java/J5.0 (OMVS.RST01A.JAVA31V5) Read Only /usr/lib/ssh (OMVS.RST01A.AFOROOT) Read Only / (OMVS.RST01A.ROOT) Read Only /SYSTEM/tmp (/TMP) Read, Write /SYSTEM/dev (/DEV) Read, Write All the file-systems are ZFS with the exception of /tmp and /dev which are TFS. All the Read-Only's are on the RES pack as part of ServerPac. Ahh yes wishful thinking...all without those pesky realities... Rob Schramm 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: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html