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me again... I have been given a juicy assignment but a big one. I am to draw up interfacing standards regarding our existing Unix system and new i-series (AS/400). Documentation methods, ideas on standards, links to resources...all ideas are welcome. This is a great opportunity for me to make sure that things don't get mucked up in the long run but I want to make sure we entertain all ideas. Thanks in advance.
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Interfacing - Unix and AS/400
Here's a few articles we have on the Midrange Network Expert Web site that discuss OS/400-iSeries issues. - How to Become an AS/400 NFS Export Expert, Carl Pecinosky, IBM - http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mne...cs.cfm?id=1059 - IBM Announces AS/400 Portable Applications Solutions Environment (PASE), Pamela Bowen, IBM - http://www.midrangecomputing.com/ane...d=405&md=20001 - Getting Started with AS/400 PASE, Pamela Bowen, IBM - http://www.midrangecomputing.com/ane...d=796&md=20003 - PASE is a run-time environment on the AS/4..., oops, iSeries, that allows to port and run certain AIX binaries. - AS/400 Integrated File Systems Solutions: Part 2, Using IFS to Share Sun NFS Data with a Windows NT Server, Pamela Bowen, IBM - http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mne...ics.cfm?id=137 And here's some IBM resources on NFS and UNIX support: - Exploring NFS on AS/400, Redbook (SG24-2158-00), http://www.redbooks.ibm.com - OS/400 Network File System Support V4R4 (SC41-5714-01), available at the on-line library - http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/h...e/homeeng1.htm - OS/400 PASE home page, IBM - http://www.as400.ibm.com/developer/factory/pase/ - Porting UNIX Applications Using AS/400 PASE, IBM Redbook (SG24-5970-00) - available at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com HTH Joe Hertvik mailto:jhertvik@midrangecomputing.com Editor-Midrange Network Expert and Midrange Network Expert Alert email newsletter For a ***free** subscription to the weekly MNE Alert email newsletter, go to http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mne/subscribe/ -
Interfacing - Unix and AS/400
1. AS/400 Client Access QNA UNIX Page - http://www.as400.ibm.com/clientaccess/qnaunix.htm 2. In the AS/400 Integrated File System (AS/400 IFS), you can store data in a UNIX-like file system that is compatible with Unix-based open system standards, such as POSIX and XPG (it even includes case-sensitive names). The name of this OS/400-based Unix-like file system is QOpenSys. To learn more about QOpenSys and how to use it, check out the OS/400 Integrated File System Introduction Manual for OS/400 V4R3 (SC41-5711-02) at the AS/400 Online Library ( http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/h...ne/v4r3eng.htm ). For OS/400 V4R4 and V4R5, this manual has migrated to the AS/400 Information Center, so you'll need to go to the OS/400 V4R3 version to read this one. 3. OS/400 also supports Transport Independent RPC (TI-RPC) and you can find more info on TI-RPC in the AS/400 IFS Manual listed in point 2. Joe Hertvik mailto:jhertvik@midrangecomputing.com Editor-Midrange Network Expert and Midrange Network Expert Alert email newsletter For a ***free** subscription to the weekly MNE Alert email newsletter, go to http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mne/subscribe/Comment
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Interfacing - Unix and AS/400
Thanks Joe! What a big help! Is AS/400 PASE a feature that we buy or does that functionality exist on our V4R5? If we must purchase, can you give me a ballpark figure on the cost?Comment
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Interfacing - Unix and AS/400
>>Is AS/400 PASE a feature that we buy or does that functionality exist on our V4R5? If we must purchase, can you give me a ballpark figure on the cost?
Hi Deb, This is what IBM wrote in that second article about PASE. If you're interested, I'd recommend you contact your sales rep for pricing or--perhaps--one of our fellow forum participants might be able to give us some more info.AS/400 PASE is available as OS/400 Option 33, a separately priced feature under OS/400 V4R4. AS/400 PASE applications are created on AIX and executed on AS/400 e-series hardware systems built as of September 1997. AS/400 PASE provides a subset of AIX functionality through more than 900 APIs, and future OS/400 releases should continue to add more. Joe Hertvik Editor-Midrange Network Expert and Midrange Network Expert Alert http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mne/subscribe/ mailto:jhertvik@midrangecomputing.comComment
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