SNA Shared Folders Gateway Shows Large Free Disk Space

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, version 3.0

SUMMARY

When you are connected to an AS/400 shared folders drive using the SNA Server Shared Folders Gateway, a DIR command may show 2 terabytes of free disk space. For example:

    E:\>dir
    Volume in drive E is RAINIER
    Volume Serial Number is 1234-5678

    Directory of E:
    08/16/96  11:57a             5,765,232 MSDEBUG.DDM
                  1 File(s)      5,765,232 bytes
                          2,199,019,441,152 bytes free

CAUSE

The Shared Folders Gateway is configured to run under a specific AS/400 user account. If this AS/400 user account has no disk space limitations on the AS/400, then the AS/400 returns the maximum disk size that it supports, which is 2 Terabytes (TB). In order for a more meaningful number to be displayed, the user account must be limited to a specific disk quota on the AS/400. The shared folders gateway is returning the correct value to the DIR command as returned by the AS/400.

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