Re: Mapping a Network Drive (iSeries Folder)

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's under STRTCPSVR.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I started it via Ops Nav.  There is no *NETSVR option when I prompt on
> STRHOSTSVR.  As I said, we are on V5R1 of the OS.  I am, however, running
> V5R4 of Ops Nav.  The Info Center for V5R1 does have several entries for
> NetServer (which I have been trying to wade through).
>
> One of those entries said to use the DOS command nbtstat -a <servername>.
>  I
> tried that with both the name of the System i and its IP address (which are
> in my PC's HOSTS file), and got 'Host not found'.
>
> I do see the job QZLSSERVER but not QZLSFILE.
>
> Jerry C. Adams
> IBM i Programmer/Analyst
> The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing. - Dizzy Dean
> --
> A&K Wholesale
> Murfreesboro, TN
> 615-867-5070
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Evan Harris
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:14 PM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Mapping a Network Drive (iSeries Folder)
>
> Hi Jerry
>
> did you actually start Netserver ? STRHOSTSVR *NETSVR  or started via
> Ops navigator ?
>
> You should be able to see a job QZLSSERVER in subsystem QSERVER if it
> is active. There is also a job QZLSFILE that is the file share job
> which may shed some light if there is anything going on at the iSeries
> end of things.
>
> The following tools might help you a bit as well, at least at the iSeries
> end:
> http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/netserver/qusrtool.html
>
> By mapping a drive to the system I mean using \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\ and
> seeing what folders game up mapped.
>
> The QIBM once is mapped by default so you can try connecting to that -
> it might tell you whether the problem is with Netserver or the share
> you defined.
>
> Also do a change user profile on the profile you are trying to connect
> with in case the netserver connection has been disabled. You just need
> to issue CHGUSRPRF without actually changing anything.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Jerry C. Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Pat,
> >
> > The folder is shared; it shows up in iNav's File Shares panel.
> >
> > I have tried establishing the map by using both the Syswtem i's name,
> which
> > is defined in the HOSTS table, and its specific IP address.
> >
> > NetServer had never been configured (it still had the Rochester
> > [RCHwhatever] domain in the domain panel) so I included the (amateurish)
> > values that I used when I configured it.
> >
> > Now my thinking (being liberal with the term) is that either
> > a) I mucked up one of the configuration values for NetServer, or
> > b) There's something I need to do on the PC.
> >
> > As regards option (b), I went through the "Add a New Connection" steps,
> but
> > didn't see anything that would connect the PC to the System i.  My
> kingdom
> > for a SysAdmin!
> >
> > Jerry C. Adams
> > IBM i Programmer/Analyst
> > Today is Father's Day, so everyone out there: Happy Birthday! - Ralph
> Kiner,
> > NY Mets announcer
> > --
> > A&K Wholesale
> > Murfreesboro, TN
> > 615-867-5070
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> > Behalf Of Pat Barber
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:57 AM
> > To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> > Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Mapping a Network Drive (iSeries Folder)
> >
> > You must create a file share first using Navigator.
> >
> > Get into Navigator and go to files and open up file shares...
> >
> > Create one name "root" as an example with a path of "/",
> > then go back and do your map using something like
> > \\192.168.10.2\root\home\mapped drive
> >
> > On 4/18/2011 3:19 PM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:
> > > I don't know if I should be posting this here or at Midrange-L, but I'll
> > try
> > > here first.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not able to map a network drive in Windows Explorer to our System i
> > > (V5R1).  I had to use the HOSTS table to define the name of the System i
> > by
> > > its IP address, which works when I use Windows' FTP.  This name, also,
> > works
> > > fine for Client Access.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've tried defining the folder using this name in the "Map Network
> Drive"
> > > panel, such as: \\OurSystem\\Jerry (Jerry is a shared folder in the root
> > > directory of the IFS).  Couldn't connect.  I, also, tried the i's
> specific
> > > IP address, such as \\123.456.78.901\Jerry.  No dice.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Netserver is running, according to iSeries Navigator (V5R4).  I went
> > through
> > > the configuration panels, but not really sure what many (most?) of them
> > > mean.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Current Users panel: Yes
> > >
> > > Name Selection panel - Yes, use current name
> > >
> > > Description panel - left the default iSeries
> > >
> > > Domain panel - I entered MSHOME, which was one of the domains I saw when
> I
> > > browsed during the Map Network Drive setup.
> > >
> > > Logon Support panel - No
> > >
> > > Guest Access panel - No
> > >
> > > CCSID panel - 0 - Use iSeries NetServer CCSID (the default)
> > >
> > > Idle Session Timeout - No 6000 seconds
> > >
> > > Browse Announcements - No
> > >
> > > WINS panel - No
> > >
> > > Start with TCP/IP - Yes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've never had trouble mapping a System i folder before, but admittedly
> > the
> > > networks on which I worked before were pretty well set up; this one is
> so
> > > convoluted that I can't even print from Word to a PC sitting 10' from
> me,
> > > but I can print to one down the hall.  So maybe that's the issue with
> the
> > > drive mapping.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jerry C. Adams
> > >
> > > IBM i Programmer/Analyst
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > A&K Wholesale
> > >
> > > Murfreesboro, TN
> > >
> > > 615-867-5070
> > --
> > This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing
> list
> > To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech
> > or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> > at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.
> >
> > --
> > This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing
> list
> > To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech
> > or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> > at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Evan Harris
> http://www.auctionitis.co.nz
> --
> This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list
> To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech
> or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.
>
> --
> This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list
> To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech
> or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.