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Connecting to a Shared Disc
Once you have created shares to discs using the Resource Manager Utility
(RESMGR), you are ready to connect to them in DISCMGR. To do so, you
enter a USE command.
To connect to a shared disc:
1. Run DISCMGR. (Complete instructions on how to do this are in
Chapter 12, "Running the Disc Manager Utility.")
2. Choose the drive letter you want to represent your shared disc
connection. You can use any letter from A to Z. The letter you
use for a connection in DISCMGR doesn't have to be the same letter
you use for that connection in DOS on a PC. However, using the
same letter in both places helps eliminate confusion. Therefore,
avoid using letters A to D for your DISCMGR connections, since
these letters already represent standard PC drives. Our sample
uses J, as a reminder that it is a connection to a shared disc
with a sharename of JOE.
3. Enter the following command at the DISCMGR> prompt:
USE drive: [\\nodename]\sharename [password]
The node name is for your information only and can be omitted. If
you use a node name, you need enter only the server portion of the
name.
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NOTE You can connect only to the server node on which you are
currently running DISCMGR.
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For example, you might enter:
USE J: \JOE
Once the connection is established, you can work with the
subdirectories and files in the shared disc.
Connections made with USE commands, whether in an interactive
session or a batch job, remain active until you leave DISCMGR or
until you disconnect them.
To examine current connections:
1. Run DISCMGR.
2. Enter the following command:
USE
DISCMGR displays all current connections. The resulting display
might look something like this:
Drive Disc
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J:\JOE
M:\MARKET
S:\SALES
To delete a connection:
In DISCMGR, enter:
USE driveletter : /D
For example, to delete the connection to the JOE drive in the sample
above, enter:
USE J: /D
To delete all current connections:
In DISCMGR, enter:
USE * /D
Setting Up Automatic Connections
If you want to automate your shared disc connections in DISCMGR, use
these commands to manage your automatic connections: AUTOCONNECT,
SAVECONNECT, and DELETECONNECT.
To create an automatic connection file:
1. Run DISCMGR.
2. Enter USE commands to establish connections to the shared discs
you want to connect to automatically. For example, you might
enter the following commands:
USE J: \JOE
USE S: \SALES
3. Save your uses with a SAVECONNECT command. Enter:
SAVECONNECT [filename]
This creates a file containing the connections you entered. If
you already have automatic connections and you add a new one,
SAVECONNECT saves the new connection along with all the active
automatic connections. To delete an automatic connection--J: for
example--type USE J: /d before you issue the SAVECONNECT command.
The connection to J: is deleted from your automatic connection
file.
* If you type SAVECONNECT without a filename, a file called
AUTOCONN is created. Connections in the AUTOCONN file are
made automatically every time you run DISCMGR. The
connections are listed alphabetically, with the first
connection the default drive (DISCMGR J:\>). If one of the
automatic connections can't be established, DISCMGR makes
the subsequent connections and displays a message that one
or more of the connections couldn't be established.
* If you enter a different filename, you must use the
AUTOCONNECT command to establish the connections. For
example, if you entered SAVECONNECT MYFILE, you must enter
AUTOCONNECT MYFILE to activate the connections listed in
MYFILE. Use the AUTOCONNECT command for those connections
you don't need every time you use DISCMGR.
NOTE If you have an existing AUTOCONN file (from a previous release of
Resource Sharing), DISCMGR can use it.
To use an autoconnection file other than AUTOCONN:
1. Run DISCMGR.
2. Enter the following command:
AUTOCONNECT filename
If connections have already been established, DISCMGR prompts:
Connections are currently established. Do you want to delete
current connections and establish new ones (Y/N)?
3. Enter Y to delete the current connections. When connections have
been made, the following message appears:
Automatic connections have been established.
To delete an autoconnection file:
1. Run DISCMGR.
2. Enter the following command:
DELETECONNECT filename
The autoconnect file is removed from MPE. These files are
privileged files and can be removed only with the DELETECONNECT
command.