Example: Access files on multiple servers with DDM

This topic contains a figure which shows the relationships among the source server, its DDM files, and two target servers.

Figure 1. Example: Access multiple local and remote files. An iSeries™ server with communications links to a System/38™ and to a System/36™.
An iSeries server with communications links to a System/38 and to a System/36.

One target server is a System/38 and the other is a System/36. Each system has DDM installed.

The user program running on the source server is shown accessing three files: FILEA, FILEB, and FILEC. FILEA, located on the source server, is accessed using only local data management. On different target servers, DDM file FILEB corresponds to remote file FILEX and FILEC corresponds to remote file FILEY. When the program opens FILEB and FILEC, DDM allows the program to access the corresponding remote files as if they were on the source server. Only the person who defines the DDM files needs to know where each file is located or what the file's name is on the remote server.

Parent topic: Examples: Access multiple remote files with DDM