Re: Using IFS for Antivirus Updates to PC's ? -- MIDRANGE-L

Definitely. The root of the IFS is just like Windows. You only need to create a file share - easiest way is in OpsNav under the File Systems item, IIRC. It's there somewhere.

One caveat - the iSeries is not as fast for this as Intel boxes. You might could be better off putting things on the Linux box - I believe it, too, can participate in Windows networking (Samba?), which is what the iSeries is doing here - NetServer is the iSeries way of doing Windows file shares.

Hate to have to say that. But file serving just is not the iSeries' bag. I don't know what the problem is, but it's there.

Of course, if speed is not an issue, then the security and backup of the iSeries is a plus. Occasional updates may not need blinding access speed.

HTH
Vern

At 12:44 PM 6/4/2004, you wrote:

Hi Folks,

We are a company with 10 total locations counting Corporate with just under
100 PC's. Except for the iSeries 810 and a Linux server appliance (only
using the email part of it) there is no other server. All remote sites are
connected via TCP/IP over Frame Relay.

I have been talking with the tech support folks at the antivirus vendor we
use (Sophos) and they have an application that sits on a server and that
gets updates and then pushes the updates to the client PC's.

I told them what we were using (the iSeries) and I do not think they were
familiar with it but I got this back:

It sounds like in your situation, making use of our remote update utility
would be the best option.  What you could do is take the CD (or use EM
Library..) and keep a central install up to date on your mainframe server.
As long as the clients can go \\servername\sharename
<file:///\\servername\sharename>  or \\ipaddress\sharename
<file:///\\ipaddress\sharename>  then remote update can grab the files and
keep the systems up to date.

And the thought occurred to me that I could use the IFS for this - maybe ?

Any comments/thoughts ?

Thanks !

Chuck

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