For AIX Connections users to migrate to AIX Fast Connect, the netbios.* filesets must be uninstalled, which also requires the connect.* prerequisite filesets to be uninstalled.
Before uninstalling AIX Connections, 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, copy or move these files to new names, for example, config.tn.save.
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 file) |
To save NetBIOS configuration data, the saved file names must not begin with mcs, because netbios.* deletes all mcs* file names during its uninstallation process. For example:
mkdir /etc/nbix.save; cp -rph /etc/mcs* /etc/inethosts /etc/nbix.save