For AIX Connections users to migrate to AIX Fast Connect, netbios.* filesets must be uninstalled, which also requires the connect.* prerequisite filesets to be uninstalled.
Note: AIX Fast Connect does not support the NetBEUI, IPX/SPX, Appletalk, or Netware protocols. AIX Fast Connect only supports SMB networking using NetBIOS over TCP/IP (RFC 1001/1002). If your network is configured for one of these other protocols, you might need to install TCP/IP and SMB-client software on your client PCs.
Before uninstalling AIX Connections, you might want to save the old configuration files. These are plain text configuration files that can be used as a reference when configuring AIX Fast Connect.
AIX Connections (connect.*) configuration files
include:
| /usr/tn/config.tn | Network/socket definitions |
| /usr/tn/profile.file | Export/share definitions |
| /usr/tn/services.NB | Service definitions for NB-realm |
| /usr/tn/services.NW | Service definitions for NW-realm |
| /usr/tn/services.AT | Service definitions for AT-realm |
| /usr/tn/.lic.tot | Number of licensed users |
| /usr/tn/passwd.file.narrow | Encrypted passwords |
To save these configuration files before uninstalling ACONN, simply copy/move these files to new names, config.tn.save, etc.
NOTE: Uninstalling connect.* deletes only those files that were originally installed by the AIX Connections installation.
NetBIOS/ix (netbios.*) configuration files include:
| /etc/mcstab | LANA definitions |
| /etc/mcs0 | startup script (possibly customized) |
| /etc/mcsnet/wins.names | WINS data |
| /etc/inethosts | NIP cache (similar to LMHOSTS) |
To save NetBIOS configuration data, the saved filenames must not begin with mcs, because netbios.* deletes all mcs* filenames during its uninstall process. For example:
mkdir /etc/nbix.save; cp -rph /etc/mcs* /etc/inethosts /etc/nbix.save