On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 17:32:53 -0500, Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> wrote:
>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. > Correct. I was referring to "z/OS Samba" - DFS/SMB. Removed with z/OS 2.4. NFS is where all the development has gone and is the only thing supported now. The DFS/SMB file system could not be mounted with RWSHARE. https://www.ibm.com/docs/de/zos/2.3.0?topic=v2r3-dfssmb-prepare-removal-dfssmb Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
