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Side file data set

z/OS Network File System Guide and Reference
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A side file data set is allocated as a fully-qualified MVS data set name.
  • Record format of FB 80 is required.
  • Data set organization of Physical Sequential is required.
  • The name must follow the naming convention:

    "USERID.MLQ.NFS.MAPPING"

    where:
    USERID
    can be any valid userid.
    MLQ
    is optional; if present, may be any valid MVS qualifiers
    NFS.MAPPING
    are required low-level qualifiers

The last two qualifiers of the data set name must be NFS.MAPPING .

A sample side file, GFSAPMAP, is provided in the SYS1.NFSSAMP library. For information about side files, see File extension mapping, Processing attributes syntax, Site attributes syntax, and NFS system server sample attribute table.

Parent topic: Configuring the z/OS NFS server

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