Re: NFS, ISO and ADDIMGCLGE

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

WIth V6r1 and newer you can as Jim said, use the 'Short Stack' on the 
target system to access NFS shared images on a Source system.  So it's 
1/2 NFS half not.

Essentially you share the directory on the source system with NFS and 
enable PUBLIC all for the nfs security. There is a file VOLUME_LIST that 
contains all the volumes you wish to share. There may be an Image 
Catalog on the source system but it's irrelevant and not used for this 
support (except you CAN use it to create the VOLUME_LIST file with 
CFYIMGCLG NFSSHARE(*YES) )  The network interface on this system or 
partition may *NOT be using Jumbo Frames, don't do it.

On the target system you create a virtual optical drive that points back 
to the NFS share on the source system. You MUST also enable a service 
tools interface in SST for the source system that is in the same IP 
network as the source system. This can by a physical or Logical network.

Then vary on the optical drive and use it in GO PTF option 8.  Works 
MARVELOUSLY for small partitions especially as you move the READ I/O to 
the source partition.

    - DrFranken


On 3/7/2011 4:33 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
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> Are you sure image catalogs are supported from NFS mounts, I don't
> believe they are.  I remember Larry and I both trying them in lots of
> different ways to get at the data on a different machine.  We never did
> get it to work, and the guy who wrote the support from  Rochester
> snickered at us when we suggested what we tried when we were both up
> there for other reasons.  That said, at V7 you can use an image catalog
> on one partition across the "short stack" to another one but that is as
> close as it comes.
>
> Jim Oberholtzer
> CEO/Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects, LLC
>
>
> On 3/7/2011 2:50 PM, Jack Kingsley wrote:
> > Has anyone used image catalogs and NFS to remotely load image catalogs, if
> > so how did it work for you, looking for pros-cons good/bad.