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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 11, 2021

Support NFS V4.1 in z/NFS client

At the moment we are looking for solutions to get rid of the DFS/SMB-server on our z/OS mainframe environment.
We tried using the z/OS NFS Client software to connect to the Microsoft NFS Server on a Windows Server installation,
however we ran into problems because the z/OS NFS Client supports NFS v4.0 and the Windows NFS Server expects NFS v4.1.
Connecting using NFS v3 is not an option because we want the built-in locking of the NFS v4 protocol.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Mar 18, 2021

    Hello, sorry for the typing error, I agree :
    Please change the headline from "support DFS V4.1 in z/NFS client" to "support NFS V4.1 in z/NFS client"

  • Guest
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    Mar 12, 2021

    Is it possible to change the Headline of "support DFS V4.1 in z/NFS client" to "support NFS V4.1 in z/NFS client" ?

  • Guest
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    Mar 12, 2021

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - DFSMS NFS
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS Communications Server
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None