Hi John, yes, all data are text based, reports, listings. This 2 step approach will be the best one, due to the recall time.
Many thx,A,Cecilio On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:56 PM, McKown, John <[email protected] > wrote: > Forgot to mention, you really need to be sure that the data on z/OS is > "textual". That basically means that it could be successfully printed out > on a normal printer. It cannot contain "binary" information. Why? Because > if you do an EBCDIC to ASCII translate on the "binary" data, the result is > just plain unusable. > > There are ways to translate the EBCDIC textual data to ASCII textual data > on z/OS. But I don't see why anybody would really want to do this > (excepting maybe Gil <grin>). I'm sure Gil may reply as well. He does a lot > of z/OS and Solaris stuff. And, like AIX, Solar is ASCII based. He might > even explain how to use NFS to do the transport between z/OS and AIX. I > seem to have a mental block on doing NFS. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of McKown, John > > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 10:50 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Convert data tape to ASCII format > > > > What is the transport mechanism to the AIX box? FTP will read z/OS > > "textual" data in EBCDIC and can translate it to ASCII "on the fly" as > > it is sent to the AIX box. I do this all the time sending from z/OS > > 1.12 to an ASCII Linux system. sftp (transport via encrypted SSH) can > > also do EBCDIC to ASCII translation. > > > > Since they are HSM migrated, you are stuck with doing an HSM recall. > > Now, the ftp process can do that as well. Although, thinking about it, > > I would first do the HSM recall to disk, then do the ftp; otherwise the > > ftp could possibly "time out" if HSM took too long to do the recall. > > > > > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the > > original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products > > underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, > > Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life > > Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance > > Company.SM > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > > > On Behalf Of af dc > > > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 10:34 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Convert data tape to ASCII format > > > > > > Hello, > > > I need to copy data from STK/9840 tape media (text sequential dsns) > > to > > > disk > > > on Ascii format. To send them to AIX. What is the best way of doing > > it > > > ?? > > > Env is z/os 1.12 > > > > > > 1) recall dsns (they are hsm migrated) > > > 2) running ditto to convert those dsns to ascii format > > > 3) send those ascii files to AIX machine > > > ?? > > > > > > Any hint is welcome, A.CEcilio > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
