Re: NFS mount

[Mark S Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Roger:

Thanks for that update -- glad to hear it -- it's about time ... shows 
my knowloedge of Windows is out-dated ...

Mark

> On 6/1/2013 9:41 PM, Roger Harman wrote:
> According to Microsoft, Server 2008R2 supports both client and server roles
> for NFS.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758767(v=ws.10).aspx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark S Waterbury
> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 6:05 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: NFS mount
>
> Windows does not support NFS "out of the box".  You would have to buy some
> NFS software for Windows and install it, or find suitable NFS freeware,
> shareware or "open source" equivalent, and install and use that.
>
>   > On 6/1/2013 8:56 PM, Peter Connell wrote:
> > I want to load a file in a database on SQL Server 2008 R2 using SQL bulk
> insert from a csv file.
> > So that I can use the IFS on the i5 I would like to mount the SQL server
> using the MOUNT command but need some advice as this is new to me.
> > The MOUNT cmd  has the format MOUNT TYPE(*NFS) MFS(?????)
> > MNTOVRDIR(??????) and I need to know what to specify for MFS and
> > MNTOVRDIR
> >
> > The host name of the SQL Server box is nzaklgl-db601.corp.bayadv which
> > can be pinged from the i5 and returns an IP address of 10.9.64.65 If I
> > log on to the SQL Server machine and look at the drives via Windows
> > Explorer I see the following
> >
> > Computer
> >                   OS(C:)
> >                   Data(F:)
> >                   Logs(H:)
> >                   Work(I:)
> >                   Backup(K:)
> >                   ...
> >                   ...
> >
> > I figure that I need a folder in one of these drives to be the target of
> the MOUNT.
> > So what do I specify for MFS and MNTOVRDIR?
> >
> > Peter
> >
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