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Title:	DECdfs for OpenVMS VAX & AXP
Notice:	KITS: 769.* DOCS: 770.* QARS: 752.*
Moderator:	MOVIES::BRANKIN

Created:	Fri May 15 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	951
Total number of notes:	3739

948.0. "Is DFS going away? What is the replacement?" by GUIDUK::SOMER (Turgan Somer - SEO06 - DTN 548-6439) Thu Feb 27 1997 02:17

    
A customer of ours has just upgraded one of their Alpha machines to VMS7.1, 
and in the process discovered problems installing DFS.

They were eventually able to install it, with the assistance of a fellow at 
the Support Center, but they were told that "DFS appears to be going away".

Can someone tell us what DEC's plans are for replacing DFS, if in fact it 
will not be supported in the future?

Thanks for any help.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
948.1	On OpenVMS, it's not DCE DFS	STAR::MORRISON	Who is John Galt?	`Thu Feb 27 1997 02:37`	8
	I'm interested in hearing the answer to this one as well. Since we don't have a DCE DFS product on OpenVMS, it looks like customers might be left with no solution at all in this space (or at least, none from Digital) if the statement in .0 is correct. Wayne Morrison Project Leader, DCE for OpenVMS
948.2	V7.1 soon.	MOVIES::BRANKIN		`Thu Feb 27 1997 12:53`	8
	A TIMA kit DECdfs V2.2-3 will be made available which will work on OpenVMS V7.1. It should have been out the door by now but we have it problems in testing and might not be available for a few weeks still.
948.3	alternatives to DECdfs	MOVIES::BRANKIN		`Thu Feb 27 1997 12:58`	7
	I guess the alternatives to DECdfs are NFS and FTAM. I don't have any experience of using either but I would guess that they do not integrate with OpenVMS as well as DECdfs does, since they are supposedly file system independent.
948.4	The Product Manager for DFS	GUIDUK::SOMER	Turgan Somer - SEO06 - DTN 548-6439	`Fri Feb 28 1997 23:08`	4
	Thanks for the replies. But, we still don't have a definitive answer regarding the future of DFS. Is there Product Manager we can contact to find out more ?
948.5	product manager	MOVIES::BRANKIN		`Mon Mar 03 1997 12:37`	4
	The product manager is Ron Olson. DTN 381-1174.
948.6	DFS eco 3?	KERNEL::VERNOND		`Mon Mar 24 1997 15:27`	11
	Hi, Reply .2 to this note mentioned eco 3 was coming very soon. Could you tell me if it is already out or when it is due? Thanks, Dave Vernon Digital CSC Comms
948.7	Status of DECDFS 2.2-3 kit ...	CSC32::M_KETER	Mike Keter, Customer Support Center/CS	`Sat Apr 05 1997 01:21`	14
	reply .2 says: "A TIMA kit DECdfs V2.2-3 will be made available which will work on OpenVMS V7.1. It should have been out the door by now but we have it problems in testing and might not be available for a few weeks still. " Any status on this? I have checked with our TIMA folks but they have no record of it. I Mike Keter
948.8	Joining the choir.....	UTRTSC::WDEBAKKER	Feed your head	`Thu Apr 17 1997 18:53`	6
	any news about the V2.2-3 kit? Customers do want to upgrade to V7.1 Thanks, Willem