Following are changes introduced in this release that are of interest to end users.

• If you access a password-protected minidisk, you cannot specify userid=username,password=mdiskpw. The VM NFS server will attempt to use mdiskpw as your logon password. Instead, use one of the following:
  • userid=username,password=logonpw,mdiskpw=mdiskpw
  • mdiskpw=mdiskpw

  You may have to use the first form if your TCP/IP administrator will not allow anonymous access to the target VM NFS server.

• NFS Version 3 is supported. The use of this protocol should improve the efficiency of communications between NFS client and server.

• If your NFS client supports it, you can select the TCP protocol.

• Your administrator can configure a list of EXPORTed file systems, allowing Windows® clients, for example, to use point and click to get access to VM file systems.

• New parameters are added to MOUNT to allow you to use your LOGON BY privileges.

• New parameters are added to MOUNT to allow you to specify both a logon password and a minidisk link password in the same mount string.

• DUMP allows you to obtain a list of mounted file systems. The AIX SHOWMOUNT command, for example, shows what is mounted for a given host.

• A new SMSG QUERY RESOURCE command allows a CMS user to see what file systems are active for a given VM NFS server.

• A new SMSG QUERY CONFIG command shows you the configuration parameters that are in effect for the VM NFS server.