RE: Disappearing shared folders

I have a vague recollection of something like this happening at a previous
employer. I mapped drives for a couple of people who needed to send orders
electronically through a web site. Anyway, I remember the maps disappearing
once or twice. I was able to just re-map the drives. It could be Netserver
or, as I claimed then, just another Windows glitch. It used to be a lot
easier to track down the cause of these problems before we got so
inter-connected. .-)

Jerry C. Adams
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McKee
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 9:00 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Disappearing shared folders

Never had to look at anything. Got to work today and there were all the
mapped drives, as is nothing had happened. My guess is that the connection
between the i and the two versions of Windows is somehow different.
Something did not get cleared with the XP connection.
Just glad I had the Windows 2000 box so I could access the data.

Can't help but wonder if a PTF is floating around that might have addressed
this, if only the sa cared.

John McKee

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Look for netserver (iNav will show all the server jobs running) or if
msgs about netserver profiles disabled. On the XP, you might see the
map drives with a red X indicating not currently connected.
Attempting to open the share should prompt user/pwd & reconnect the
map drive.
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "John McKee" <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 2:31 PM
Subject: Disappearing shared folders

I have two computers.  One has Windows 2000, and the other has Windows
XP.  The XP box became unstable.  I was able to shut it down in a
controlled manner and reboot.  But, following that reboot, mapped
drives to the i are no longer accessible with XP  Same shares still
show up on the Windows 2000 box.

The i will be IPLed this weekend.

Is the network problem with the i or with the XP box?  If on the i,
will the ipl fix the problem or is some other step required?  The i
is at v5r4, hopelessly behind on PTFs.

I am hoping the issue gets fixed by the weekly IPL.  Is thre
something to look at in the meantime?

John McKee
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