Re: QNTC -- MIDRANGE-L

Rob,

The 400 caches the system list, so it is not always that slow. As you already figured out the way around it is to access the PC directly. Sometimes the cache can be a pain, because there is no way to tell the 400 to refresh it. If a system does not show up in the list, you can make it show up by using the MKDIR command:

MKDIR /QNTC/SOMESYS

When copying files just specify *PCASCII in the TOCODEPAGE parameter when copying to a /QNTC system.

I do not think you can copy to or from the QSYS file system. Haven't really tried it too much.

Every now and then, such as after an IPL, it might not work until you run the WRKLNK /QNTC/* command.

Depending on the version of OS/400 you are on, get up to date on PTF's.

In informal tests, it appears to me that the 400 can copy files from my PC to a file server faster than if I use drag and drop. Certainly copying from one file server directory to another is faster than using drag and drop from a PC. Since our CM product, TurnOver, supports /QNTC it is real easy to build up and run big batch jobs that copy thousands of files. It is amazing how fast the job runs.

Hope this helps,

Mark Phippard

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I was missing the WINS configuration, but I just copied what my PC was set
up for and it works great. Put this in your tool box for yet another
method of 'How do I copy something from my 400 down to a PC?'
1) QNTC - by doing WRKLNK '/QNTC/*'
2) FTP
3) Client access
...

The question I have is exactly what options do you use on CPY to copy
from/to QNTC files. Let me guess, it varies by file type. Let's use the
following examples, (don't assume, test) PC name will be MYPC:
A) sample.txt notepad file from the PC to an IFS directory.
B) sample.txt notepad file from the PC to a DB2 file.
C) A in reverse
D) B, in reverse
E) /qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.savf to a directory on the PC
F) E, in reverse

The reason I ask is because
CPY OBJ('/QNTC/ROB/QTEMP/SPOOL.TXT') TODIR('/')
give me CPFA098

And let me tell you something, if you have lots of PC's and you do a WRKLNK
'/QNTC/*' you will definitely have time to go get a cup of coffee before
the screen refreshes. A faster test to is make sure you have a share set
up on a directory on your PC first (use Windows explorer). Then do WRKLNK
'/QNTC/mypc/*'

Rob Berendt

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"Mark Phippard"
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Pete, Mark,

QNTC is one of the coolest but least known features that have been added to
OS/400 in recent years.

/QNTC is the AS/400 equivalent of your Windows Network Neighborhood. When
you browse into ths file system, all of the systems in your domain will
automatically appear. When you browse a system, all of its shares will
appear. When you browse a share all of the files will appear.

The file system is fully supported, so you can copy files between
directories and PC's from the green screen using this file system.

Caveats:

1) The OS/400 NetServer function needs to be configured from OpsNav and
running. The main things you configure are the name of your NT domain and
the IP address of the WINS server for the domain. OS/400 needs this to
resolve the IP address of the system.

2) You can see all of your systems, but you can only see the shares and
files for NT/2000 systems.

3) The biggie. The user id and password of your green screen job must be
a valid NT user name and password, and that NT user must be authorized to
the share/file. This means if you are signed on as QSECOFR, you will not
be able to access the shares of an NT system unless you have created a user
in your NT network named QSECOFR and given it the exact same password.

That should be enough to get you started.

Mark Phippard

Pete Massiello

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Mark,

That is your NT FSIOP (or whatever the current name of the card is)
data that
is associated with your *NWSD. It always goes in the IFS, although some
piece
will also go in QUSRSYS as *SVRSTG.

Pete

MWalter@hanoverwire.com wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering around the IFS and found a QNTC folder. Does anyone else
> have one and for what is it used? In the folder it looks like there are
> disk images of a number of PC's on our network including two NT Servers.
I
> don't remember putting it there.
>
> thanks
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Walter
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> Hanover Wire Cloth a div of CCX, Inc.
> mwalter@hanoverwire.com
> http://www.hanoverwire.com
> 717.637.3795 Ext.3040
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