Re: Automating file xfer with NFS

On 2/25/2010 2:49 PM, JK wrote:

The file is visible from Windows Explorer but the iSeries cannot seem to
resolve it, throwing CPFA0A9 'Object not found' messages at me instead. I
tried various combinations of slashes and backslashes but still no joy.

They should all be foreslashes. (Backslashes is Windows, not i)

One of the big problems with /QNTC (and the reason why I asked if you had problems with Windows Networking on i) is that /QNTC tends to be rather buggy (my opinion) -- or perhaps I should say, it doesn't take into account all of the weird quirks that Microsoft's has.

For some shops it "just works" and it's great. In other shops, it's a maddening source of frustration as it never seems to work right. I didn't know if your shop happened to be one of the latter.

One workaround that sometimes works is to try to create the machine as a directory in QNTC.

MKDIR '/QNTC/some_server'

Sometimes this kludge causes it to start connecting and working with that machine. (knock on wood)

If you fall into the latter category of a system where QNTC never works right, then NFS might be a good solution for you. But it does require setting up and configuring NFS on the Windows server, and having to mount the folder onto the IFS.

It also expects the userids on the i to match those on the Windows side, and can open up strange security issues if they don't. From the Windows side of things, it'll be expected to "just trust" the i -- and letting the i control security, instead of Windows itself. (Which is why you have to be careful to ensure that only your own administered machines ever connect via NFS, and that they are all set up securely.)

But NFS isn't buggy like /QNTC. It works much more reliably.

If you're talking about purely transferring one file per day, and QNTC doesn't behave, then FTP might be easier.