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Additional information can be found at the following URL:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=qntc-path-names-in-file-system
We understand this requirement.
We have also been notified our Windows team that they are transitioning to DFS shares as well. We also depend heavily on these shares for our daily operations.
Thank you for your consideration.
Richy Peebles
Sr IBM i Administrator/Analyst/CNC
Turner Industries Group, LLC
8687 United Plaza Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225.214.2189
Cell: 225.274.5217
rpeebles@turner-industries.com
We make extensive use of QNTC. Our Windows team is in the process of transitioning all of their shares to use DFS. Lack of DFS support in IBMi will be crippling for us.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. This is another way to bring IBM i into support of other development communities and networking.
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
For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/
Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
Our Windows team is moving all of their shares to DFS. IBMi support for this is absolutely vital for us.
Thank you for submitting this request and we agree that it is desirable to use DFS pathing.
We will need to research the SMB protocol regarding the use of DFS paths and the impacts to the current architecture of the QNTC file system to use DFS pathing.