Using the z/OS SMB Server to Access z/OS Data from Windows Hands-on Lab

Project and Program: MVS, MVS Core Technologies

Tags: Proceedings , 2012 , SHARE in Atlanta 2012

This session will be repeated as Session 10879.

 

In this session, the speaker will provide you with information and details for directly accessing z/OS data from your Windows PC using the z/OS Distributed File Service SMB server. There is no need to install anything on your Windows PC. He will also provide some backup material on how to install and configure the z/OS SMB server on z/OS. Come to this session to learn about:

- Overview of the Distributed File Service SMB server
- Authentication and mapping Windows users to z/OS user ids
- Accessing files and data stored in z/OS UNIX filesystems (zFS/HFS) and in MVS data sets (for example, PDS, PDSE)
- Dynamic export and Automounted file systems
- And more

After attending this lab session, you should know how to access z/OS data using the z/OS SMB server. Jim Showalter, IBM Corporation

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