RE: Directory under /QNTC disappears

[tkreimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

As of V5R4 there is an environment variable that controls whether the QNTC 
folder is automatically populated or not. Many sys admins turn it off for 
performance (and control!) reasons. So I think the answer is that NO 
servers come back after an IPL, but so servers automatically repopulate.

> From 
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=/ifs/rzaaxqntcvariables.htm
QIBM_ZLC_NO_BROWSE
When this environment variable is set to "1", the /QNTC directory will 
only contain servers that were created with the MKDIR CL command or 
mkdir() API. The performance of many operations against the QNTC file 
system will improve when this environment variable has been set. But all 
/QNTC directories need to be created using the CL command.

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Tom Kreimer
Network Manager
Buckhorn Inc, Milford OH



From:
"Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
"'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/18/2009 02:25 PM
Subject:
RE: Directory under /QNTC disappears
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Doesn't that entail mkdir by name?  i.e., "hardcoding" into the QSTRUP
program?  Or do the rest of you capture them by name prior to reboot?

I _know_ for a fact that a fair percent of the time they do come back 
after
an IPL.  And I have nothing in place to do that.  There must be some kind 
of
discovery process.  In fact, I started setting up a new PC late friday. It
shows up.

--
Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Bingham
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:08 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Directory under /QNTC disappears
>
> Directories created under the /QNTC file structure do not survive an
> IPL.  You have to put something into the startup process that re-creates
> them each time.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott
> Schollenberger
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:51 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Directory under /QNTC disappears
>
> I have a client who created a directory under the /QNTC file system to
> access a share on a Linux server.
>
> Everything works until they IPL their system over the weekend.
>
> Then the created directory disappears.
>
>
>
> When we run the mkdir command again, we can then access the Linux server
> and its share.
>
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>
> Why would an IPL eliminate the directory under /QNTC?
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>
> Thanks, Scott