PMDF System Manager's Guide

In numerous environments the PC file server and PMDF disk storage area are totally disjoint. Examples include having a separate Novell NetWare file server or a Microsoft LANmanager server. An intermediate PC must exist which can access both the PMDF system and the PC network.

This PC transfers files between the PMDF system and the PC file system on an as needed basis. Because of this, the intermediate PC is referred to as a "transfer PC".

The transfer PC can use any mechanism which allows it simultaneous access to both the PMDF disk storage area and the PC mail system's disk storage area. Viable options include the following:

1. The PC LAN is based on a Novell NetWare file server running on PC hardware and the system hosting PMDF can act as a NetWare file server. The transfer PC is simply a Novell client using the standard IPX protocol stack. It moves files from the Intel hosted NetWare file server to and from the NetWare file server hosted on the PMDF system. InterConnections' Leverage for NetWare is a software packages which can be used to host a NetWare file server on an OpenVMS system.
2. The PC LAN is based on a Microsoft LANmanager file server and the system hosting PMDF has Pathworks installed. The transfer PC is simply a LANmanager client using the standard Microsoft protocol stack. It moves files between the LANmanager and the Pathworks servers.
3. The PC LAN is based on a Novell NetWare file server running on PC hardware and the system hosting PMDF has Pathworks installed. The transfer PC has HP's Pathworks for DOS (NetWare Coexistence) installed so it can access both the NetWare file server and the Pathworks file server. It moves files between the two servers.
4. The PC LAN is based on a Novell NetWare file server running on PC hardware and the system hosting PMDF has a TCP/IP package installed which provides an NFS server (such as Process Software's MultiNet with NFS server add-on). The transfer PC has both FTP Software's PC/TCP with InterDrive and the standard NetWare client protocol stack installed. It reads files from the NetWare file server using IPX and writes them on the PMDF system's NFS server using TCP/IP; and vice versa for the other direction.