[comp.unix.aix] AIX has NFS?

upl@gumby.cs.wisc.edu (Undergrad Projects Lab) (07/26/90)

In article <1012@cameron.egr.duke.edu> amr@dukee.egr.duke.edu (Anthony M. Richardson) writes:

[ ... ]

>I mount a particular directory on another machine over a user directory
>ala,
>
>   mount bigdisk:/home/disk0/amr /u/amr
>

Hey this implies that AIX has NFS.  I don't have a PS/2 running AIX, I have
an RT running AIX 2.2.1.  I don't seem to have AIX on it, or at least it doesn't
work the way I expect NFS to work.  In any case, for those of you who have AIX
on an RT, I'm interested in getting NFS for my machine.  What do I have to do 
to get this?  Is it an upgrade, or is it an extra piece of software that I need
to install, etc!

Thanks, as usual, for all/any help.

- Mark
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robin@sabre.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson/1000000) (07/26/90)

In article <4996@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> mark.horn@mail.admin.wisc.edu writes:
>Hey this implies that AIX has NFS.  I don't have a PS/2 running AIX, I have
>an RT running AIX 2.2.1. I don't seem to have AIX on it, or at least it doesn't
>work the way I expect NFS to work.  In any case, for those of you who have AIX
>on an RT, I'm interested in getting NFS for my machine.  What do I have to do 
>to get this?  Is it an upgrade, or is it an extra piece of software that I need
>to install, etc!
>

Call your marketing person and tell them you want NFS v1.2 for the 
the RT (and AIX v2.2.1).  You will need to update your operating system
to the latest level, (call IBM defect support at 1-800-237-5511 to get 
the latest and greatest).  The reason you need to update is because NFS
was upgraded to provide file locking, and some opsys changes had to be
made to account for this.


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drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com (07/27/90)

In article <4996@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> mark.horn@mail.admin.wisc.edu writes:
>Hey this implies that AIX has NFS.

Yes, all current releases of AIX on all hardware platforms have NFS.
NFS is a separate product, which you'll need to order separately from
your IBM representative.


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
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