Re: What's an IASP?

[Mark S Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vern:

The IFS can only exist in an IASP by virtue of UDFS.  Without UDFS, 
there is no IFS in an IASP.

Perhaps you are unaware that a "default" UDFS (named "QDEFAULT.UDFS") is 
created for you in each IASP automatically, so that "IBM i" can mount 
that to provide the "root" directory for the IASP that you referred to 
.... =-O

Mark

> On 6/13/2013 2:39 PM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
> Bringing UDFS into the conversation, as someone did earlier, is only confusing - it is absolutely NOT necessary to talk about them and IASPs in the same conversation.
>
> For the beginner in this, it is best to say nothing about UDFS', IMHO. In the testing I've done with IASPs, I did nothing with UDFS'.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Kenneth,
> > You have a UDFS defined which changes things...
> > In a straight iASP environment there will be a directory name that is the same
> > name as the iASP,  in my case "V7PROD"
> > To get to my home directory in iASP V7PROD I use:  /V7PROD/home.
> I do too .... My iASP is called iASP1
>
> Directory  . . . . :   /IASP1/QIBM
>                                                                                 
>   Type options, press Enter.
>     2=Edit   3=Copy   4=Remove   5=Display   7=Rename   8=Display attributes
>     11=Change current directory ...
>                                                                                 
>   Opt   Object link            Type             Attribute    Text
>         .                      DIR
>         ..                     DIR
>         UserData               DIR
>
>
>
> I just don't happen to have an   /iasp1/home   directory defined...
>
> I created my iASP using this command:
>
>                        Create Device Desc (ASP) (CRTDEVASP)
>                                                                                 
>   Type choices, press Enter.
>                                                                                 
>   Device description . . . . . . . DEVD
>   Resource name  . . . . . . . . . RSRCNAME
>   Relational database  . . . . . . RDB            *GEN
>   Message queue  . . . . . . . . . MSGQ           *SYSOPR
>     Library  . . . . . . . . . . .
>   Text 'description' . . . . . . . TEXT           *BLANK
>
>
> Example 1: Create an Independent ASP Device
>                                                                          
>       CRTDEVASP   DEVD(COMPANY1)  RSRCNAME(COMPANY1)
>                                                                          
>   This command creates a device description for an independent ASP
>   named COMPANY1.  The resource name for the device description is
>   also named COMPANY1.  Operational messages messages for independent
>   ASP COMPANY1 will be sent to message queue QSYSOPR in library QSYS.
>
> Reply or Forwarded mail from: Kenneth E Graap