Has anyone used internet delivery for a zOS ServerPac? I've downloaded the
CustomPac Dialog and am trying to receive my order. The GIMGTPKG will
transfer a few datasets but croaks in the middle. I restart the job and
it xfers a few more and croaks... Always croaks with
<snip>
PORT
172,16,90,207,6,173
getNextReply error from recv = (1121.76650446) - EDC8121I Connection
reset.
Connection with inetsd01.boulder.ibm.com
terminated
*** I can't open a data-transfer
connection:
FTP Return Code = 16000, Error Code =
00010
In case its not obvious, GIMGTPKG uses the z/OS Comm Server FTP client
to perform file transfers. Your trouble sounds like it could be that a
firewall is closing the FTP control connection. That is, during a long
data transfer, the FTP control connection remains idle, and some
firewalls will close an idle control connection. Therefore, you should
check out the FTPKEEPALIVE statement in the FTP.DATA file for your z/OS
Comm Server FTP Client (see the Comm Server IP Configuration Reference).
This statement indicates if and how often a "keepalive" packet is to
be transmitted on the control connection, thus fooling the firewall that
the connection is not really idle. Note the default is to disable this
function.
You should also check out the allowed idle time setting for your firewall.
Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM, SMP/E Development
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