On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 at 17:13, Farley, Peter < 0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> Question: When you say "SMB (no longer supported at all on z/OS)", are you > referring to VSAM SMB = "VSAM System Managed Buffering"? As in the JCL > parameters AMP='ACCBIAS=DO,etc.'? > > Or were you referring to the old Samba (I think that's what it was called) > file sharing protocol? > In context he doubtless was referring to the System Message Block protocol that IIRC was first implemented in OS/2 LAN Manager and was continued into Windows with all kinds of changes over the years. It is still in use, and is (mostly) how your Windows desktop deals with file and printer sharing. Samba is an implementation of SMB for UNIXy systems. IBM had an independent implementation of SMB in z/OS, but has dropped it in favour of NFS. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
