Re: Mounting NFS file share -- MIDRANGE-L

When I run the following MOUNT command I am receiving the following
error: Cannot find address for specified system name.

MOUNT TYPE(*NFS) MFS('nwssql01:/AttachmentsReady')
MNTOVRDIR('/HOME/GRIZZLY/AttachmentsReady')


What happens if you try to do the following:

     PING RMYSYS('nwssql01')

It should respond with:

     Verifying connection to host system nwssql01 at address x.x.x.x

Make sure that the address (x.x.x.x in the above example) is correct forthe server you're connecting to. Also, remember that you're using NFS notWindows networking. SO make sure you're using the TCP/IP host name (fromDNS or hosts table) not the Windows NetBIOS name.

The part that is puzzling to me is the additional message information
states that an error was detected while trying to retrieve communication
information about host SXXXXXXX.DOMAINNAME.COM  (Where SXXXXXXX is the
serial number of our i5, System I, what have you and the DOMAINNAME is
our domain name) . It doesn't even appear to be trying to communicate
with the server I specified.

NFS requires two-way communication. Not only does the data need to besent from your System i to the NFS server, but the NFS server has to beable to send data back. Make sure that SXXXXXXX.DOMAINNAME.COM can belooked up from both your local system and the NFS server.

This is all basic TCP/IP setup, and has very little to do with NFS otherthan the fact that NFS runs over TCP/IP!

For what it's worth, I tried MKDIR ('/QNTC/nwssql01/AttachmentsReady')
and I receive a message stating I'm not authorized to the object.  Can
anyone suggest where I can begin trouble shooting?

In order to create a share on a Windows computer, you have to do it fromthe server itself. You can't use MKDIR to tell a computer to sharesomething that it isn't already sharing!!

To tell the /QNTC filesystem to create an entry for the nwssql01 server,type the following command. Do not add any additional share or directorynames after the server name -- all you want to do is establish a link tothe server:


    MKDIR ('/QNTC/nwssql01')

Now, you should be able to see any shares available on that server bytyping:


    WRKLNK '/QNTC/nwssql01/*')

Assuming the 'AttachmentsReady' share is already there, you're good. Ifnot, you have to go to the nwssql01 server and add the share. Once theshare has been added, you can create directories within the share if youlike.


    MKDIR ('/QNTC/nwssql01/AttachmentsReady/MyDir')

But, for security reasons, the share itself ("AttachmentsReady" in thisexample) has to be created on the server side. The share is referenced ina path name the same way a directory would be, but it's not quite the samething as a normal directory.

Note that your message discusses two completely different networkprotocols (NFS and SMB) and I replied to both of them. I hope that's notconfusing! The first part of the message (the part discussing the MOUNTcommand and DNS) is about NFS. The remaining part (the part discussingQNTC and the MKDIR command) is about SMB. The SMB part should work withNetBIOS names, but the NFS part will only work with TCP/IP names.