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Thank you for submitting this request. We will consider it in our future plans.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM not implement this request. We believe this has already been solved in IBM i 7.4, which uses SMB3.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a HIGH priority requirement that is important to address.
Performance is vital in every aspect for all users. If IBM i does not perform then it might lose trust with businesses. With many people working from home, an investigation into protocol differences via VPN should be considered.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
Thank you for submitting this request. We will consider this request as we plan and prioritize our other work.
Hi Peter
As I understand it OPLOCK (opportunistic locking) was introduced into SMBv2.1 and IBM i Netserver uses SMBv2.0.2 in IBM i 7.2 & 7.3. Have your tried IBM i 7.4's SMBv3 support? Hopefully this would resolve your issue.
You can check what version of SMB you are using on the client for both your IBM i and Wintel Shares using the PowerShell command:
Get-SmbConnection | Select-Object -Property *
I wrote an article explaining how to use the above command and understand the results, available and the link below:
https://powerwire.eu/smbv3-support-in-ibm-i-7-4
Best of luck, regards Brad
Steve Bradshaw
IBM Champion, Member of CEAC, TD of i-UG.co.uk
and Friendly Techie Bloke at RowtonIT.Com