Some customers are reporting poor performance in various functions (e.g. promotion processing) after upgrading to ZMF 7.1.3.01. Applying VSAM I/O optimization techniques (e.g. BLSR or SMB ) usually satisfactorily resolves the matter. However, a small number of customers that have already applied this optimization continue to encounter issues.
Possible workarounds: - Enable SMB 1 on both the SBM server and the file server (reboot after enabling). - Move file attachments to a server with SMB1 enabled.
File Server is an application that gives Version Manager access to archives and Project Database files. It replaces file level access through Windows shares ( SMB /CIFS) or NFS mounts that are otherwise required for desktop and command line clients. It supports a new archive type, the “Split Archive”, which can dramatically reduce the amount of data being sent across the network, thereby improving performance.
Problem caused by using SMB on the Component Master files in IMPACT JCL (delivered IMPACT JCL does not show and example of using this). The following is from Solution S140497:
