SNA Server's Use of SNASERV, COMLOGS, and COMCFG Sharenames

 Last reviewed: November 6, 1997
Article ID: Q170423
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, 2.11, and 3.0

SUMMARY

When installing Microsoft SNA Server, version 2.0, 2.1, 2.11, or 3.0, the Setup program creates the following sharenames on Windows NT Server: 

   Sharename   Path

   COMCFG      <snaroot>\SYSTEM\CONFIG
   COMLOGS     <snaroot>\SYSTEM
   SNASERV     <snaroot>
Under SNA Server 2.x, only the COMCFG sharename is required by SNA Server. The SNASERV and COMLOGS sharenames were provided to support back-level emulation products originally designed to work with the DCA/Microsoft OS/2 Communication Server product. However, such products have all been updated to work with SNA Server and no longer make use of these sharenames.

Under SNA Server 3.0, both the COMCFG and COMLOGS sharenames are required by SNA Server.

MORE INFORMATION

SNA Server uses these sharenames/sharepoints as follows:

COMCFG (<snaroot>\SYSTEM\CONFIG) 

   This sharename must exist on SNA Server "primary" and "backup" 
   configuration servers and contains the COM.CFG file. The COM.CFG 
   file is where SNA Server configuration information is kept for the 
   SNA Server subdomain. This sharename is required by SNA Server 2.x 
   and 3.x components to read and maintain SNA Server configuration 
   settings.
COMLOGS (<snaroot>\SYSTEM) 

   Not used by SNA Server 2.x. Under SNA Server 3.0, SNA Manager uses
   this sharepoint to support remote installation of SNA Server 3.0 link 
   services.
SNASERV (<snaroot>) 

   Not used by either SNA Server 2.11 or 3.0, and can be removed if needed.
   Future versions of SNA Server setup (3.0 SP2 and later) will no longer 
   create this sharename during initial installation of SNA Server.

Additional query words:
Keywords : prodsna snabaseservice snamanager snaserverservice snasetup kbnetwork
Version : 2.0 2.1 2.11 3.0
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: November 6, 1997
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