MVS Download: Is there automated resource management with PSF/AIX or IPMgr?
ITEM: RTA000154507
Q:
Topic thread:
Printer Systems (PRINT - NA/ATS)
Printing Systems Manager (PSM)
My user is shipping some of his host-created output to remote-spooling
locations running PSM & PSF/AIX and driving InfoPrint 4000 printers. He
uses MVS Download to move the data from the mainframe to the RS/6000.
He used FTP to move all the host-based resources down to the RS/6000.
Now he is concerned with the ongoing maintenance of his remote resource
libraries.
I have told him that I am aware of two options in his scenario, 1)
continue to keep the libraries in synch by manually transferring new
resources when then are created or updated (or periodically refresh the
libraries by doing another massive copy), and 2) using the NSF mount
capability to actually share the mainframe resource libraries
themselves.
Regrettably, the mainframe is in Denver and their two remote-spooling
sites are in Omaha and Tallahassee, so I doubt that NFS is a real solid
option. With what I know today, he seems to be left with the requirement
to manage the libraries manually. Over the past few years, this issue
has been brought up before, but I would like to check in again to see if
there might possibly be a new development that I have missed. Although
my customer uses PSM today, I'd also be happy to be able to tell him
that he can fix the problem by moving to InfoPrint Manager.
Thanks for your help.
A:
No, there has been no change in the code that would enable automatic
synchronization of host-based resources with an MVS Download system
(PSF/AIX or InfoPrint Manager). As you've noted, yours is not the
only customer who has requested this function. I would strongly urge
you to contact the business line managers for InfoPrint Manager and for
PSF/MVS (MVS Download) so they hear again that it is a customer
requirement.
You've correctly listed the options available to them in today's
environment. They might be able to at least partially automate the
transfer of AFP resources through a scheduled transfer, but it's
certainly not a solution equivalent to the DPF function in PSF/2.
I also agree that NFS-mounting across a WAN is not recommended, both
for availability and for performance reasons.
Wish I had better news for you. Please tell development again that
this is a requirement.
(Reviewed Feb 1999)
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:
psf/6000 psf/aix infoprint manager ipmgr psf aix mvs download dpf
automated resource synchronization management nfs afp resources
automatic libraries
WWQA: ITEM: RTA000154507 ITEM: RTA000154507
Dated: 02/1999 Category: XPSF6000
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