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environment. zFS communicates between sysplex members using
XCF protocols.
The zFS XCF protocol exchanges information among members about
zFS ownership and other attributes of zFS mounted file systems. This
information, which is kept in the memory of each zFS member, is
called the zFS namespace.
For more details about terminology see the chapter “zSeries File System (zFS) Overview” in
z/OS Distributed File Service zSeries File System Administration, SC24-5989.
5.9.1 Main file system sharing concepts before z/OS V1R11
Prior to z/OS V1R11, in a UNIX System Services file system sharing environment a concept
of ...