mounting openVMS file system on unix

[SAMI AHMAD]

can someone give me some hints on whats the beset way to achieve this ?
Thanks

[Steven Schweda]

NFS.

Some description of the IP software on your
VMS system might be helpful. Perhaps:

TCPIP SHOW VERSION

[SAMI AHMAD]

HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.4 - ECO 7
on a hp AlphaServer GS1280 7/1150 running OpenVMS V7.3-2

[Steven Schweda · Accepted solution]

Ok. So, NFS.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/index.html
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/tcpip56.html
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/tcpip54.html
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732final/6524/6524pro.html
(Look for "NFS".)
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732final/6526/6526pro.html
(Look for "NFS". Find:)
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732final/6526/6526pro_044.html#part5

[SAMI AHMAD]

Thanks Steven

[SAMI AHMAD]

these are very general documents , is there any short guide or example someone has showing steps to setup a NFS server on VMS and how to mount the shared directories on unix ?

thanks

[Steven Schweda]

> these are very general documents

It's a very general problem.

> is there any short guide or example [...]

Perhaps, but many details depend on exactly
what you wish to do. For example, you can
export a VMS file system, or you can export a
container file system. I don't know what you
want.

> mounting openVMS file system on unix

This is not a very detailed description of
the problem which you are trying to solve, so
it's hard to guess what the best solution
might be.

Sometimes you really do need to learn some of
that complicated material if you wish to
solve your problem. It's that, or else try
to write up a complete specification of what
you wish to do, and hope that someone else
will do your job for you.

Personally, I'd try some of the examples in
the documents and/or the TCPIP HELP, and see
what happens.

A Forum search or a general Web search or a
search of comp.os.vms might also find some
NFS-related material.

Also, "unix" is not a very detailed
description of the non-VMS system. Actual
output from, say,
uname -a
would be more useful.

[SAMI AHMAD]

ok here is what i did :

on VMS :


TCPIP> ADD PROXY ORACLE /UID=300 /GID=300 /HOST=*
TCPIP> MAP "/vms" $1$DGA1097:
TCPIP> ADD EXPORT "/vms/oracle" /host=dotstodb203

create/dir $1$DGA1097:[ORACLE]

on UNIX:

Pt$ id
uid=300(oracle) gid=300(dba)
Pt$
Pt$ mount -F nfs -o ro pasy:/vms/oracle
mount: Mount point cannot be determined
Pt$


what am I missing here?

thanks

[SAMI AHMAD]

Also if i start the nfs server I am getting error that no mapping is found , and indeed if i look the mapping is gone , as soon as I log out TCPIP the mapping is removed so how can i make the mapping permanent?

PASY$ @sys$startup:TCPIP$NFS_STARTUP.COM
%TCPIP-I-INFO, image SYS$SYSTEM:TCPIP$MOUNTD.EXE installed
%TCPIP-I-INFO, image SYS$SYSTEM:TCPIP$NFS_SERVER.EXE installed
%TCPIP-I-INFO, logical names created
%TCPIP-I-INFO, subsystem nfs loaded
%TCPIP-I-INFO, subsystem vfs loaded
%TCPIP-I-NOMAP, no filesystem mapping information available
%TCPIP-E-STARTERROR, error starting NFS service
-TCPIP-W-NORECORD, information not found
-RMS-E-RNF, record not found
%TCPIP-E-STARTFAIL, failed to start TCPIP$NFS
-TCPIP-E-ENABLERR, error enabling nfs service
PASY$

[SAMI AHMAD]

ok I figured that one out :
set configuration map "/vms" $1$DGA1097: fixed it.
but now I cant startup NFS , getting the following errror :

$ tcpip enable service nfs
%TCPIP-E-STARTERROR, error starting NFS service
-TCPIP-W-NORECORD, information not found
-RMS-E-RNF, record not found