Thanks, that was kind of what I thought it was, I just didn't remember the meaning of SMB in that context.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OSMF On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 at 17:13, Farley, Peter < [email protected]> wrote: > Question: When you say "SMB (no longer supported at all on z/OS)", are you > referring to VSAM SMB = "VSAM System Managed Buffering"? As in the JCL > parameters AMP='ACCBIAS=DO,etc.'? > > Or were you referring to the old Samba (I think that's what it was called) > file sharing protocol? > In context he doubtless was referring to the System Message Block protocol that IIRC was first implemented in OS/2 LAN Manager and was continued into Windows with all kinds of changes over the years. It is still in use, and is (mostly) how your Windows desktop deals with file and printer sharing. Samba is an implementation of SMB for UNIXy systems. IBM had an independent implementation of SMB in z/OS, but has dropped it in favour of NFS. Tony H. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
