Windows NT and VMS file sharing

[progiciel]

Hi,

I need to share files between a NT server and a VMS server. That is, the files will reside on the VMS box, but NT should be able to read them. Is there any way to accomplish this? Is NFS an option?

Thanks a lot.

 

[kranky]

NFS will do that and that's precisely what it is designed to do. You should be able to do both reads and writes, and printer sharing also. Watch for some minor configuration issues that normally arise with NFS like file access/security, upper/lower case filenames, and account mapping (a specific NT user should be treated as which VMS user for purposes of determining file access).

 

[progiciel]

Is there native support for NFS on Windows, or do I have to buy something?

Thanks!

 

[kranky]

It's not native to NT, so you have to get a third-party product. There's quite a few. We use one from Intergraph. It comes two ways. There's a client product (DiskAccess) and a server product (DiskShare) and the server includes the client. It works fine for us.

The DiskAccess client also includes a bunch of other utilities like a Windows FTP client, a NTP client (for synchronizing system time on systems) a DNS query tool, etc.

Damn, I miss VMS. Best OS I ever used. We almost bought a package that let you write DCL-style command files on NT because I wanted my F$ functions!