I agree - compatibility with partners is key, which is why standardized 
protocols are often chosen over proprietary.  This may not be a consideration 
for all.

As others kindly mentioned, Co:Z SFTP includes support for z/OS data sets, 
codepage and line terminator conversions etc, etc.  It also supports automation 
on z/OS in the form of customizable notification WTOs, and IBM FTP-compatible 
user exits.   
https://dovetail.com/products/sftp.html

It is true that restart (of z/OS data set transfers) is not supported, but this 
turns out not to be as important a requirement as it was years ago when 
networks were much less reliable.   

Co:Z is available free under our Community License, Enterprise License and 
Support agreements are also available.
https://dovetail.com/support.html

Kirk Wolf
http://dovetail.com


On Sat, Apr 16, 2022, at 3:45 PM, Steve Beaver wrote:
> The whole discussion distills down to.  What does your partner site have 
> including their scheduling system. Unless they have a way that can signal the 
> file is there to the partner
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> No one said I could type with one thumb 
> 
> > On Apr 16, 2022, at 14:39, Michael Oujesky <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Due to the capabilities for check-pointing and automatic recovery, I would 
> > suggest C:D for large file transfers.
> > 
> > Though the transferred file has to be fully landed before processing of the 
> > data can begin, whereas FTP protocols do allow processing of the data as it 
> > is received.
> > 
> > If you are doing other transfers via C:D, then licensing cost is not an 
> > issue.  But if C:D is only used for these transfers, then a cost/benefit 
> > evaluation has to be made versus the cost/impact of error recovery time and 
> > effort needed to cope with FTP failures.  Note that C:D does allow for 
> > alternate nodes to receive a given transmission.
> > 
> > With both FTP and C:D transfers, I would suggest sending a zero length file 
> > to signal successful completion.
> > 
> > C:D can spawn a C:D process on the receiving end when transfer has been 
> > successfully completed or it could spawn task on sending or receiving 
> > systems to handle an unrecoverable transmission failure.  Then there are 
> > the capabilities of the C:D FileAgent component for additional automation 
> > options.
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > At 09:36 AM 4/16/2022, saurabh khandelwal wrote:
> > 
> >> Hello Group,
> >> 
> >> Currently we are using connect direct in our environment for file 
> >> transfer.  But now, our team like to migrate file transfer from connect 
> >> direct to sftp.
> >> 
> >> I think, sftp doesn't have any mechanism to find that file has been 
> >> transferred successfully or not . If we are transferring any big file 
> >> using sftp and Network connection broken then how it's going to impact the 
> >> file transfer or sender should again initiate file transfer.
> >> 
> >> In connect direct case we get return code on sender and receiver side 
> >> which confirm if file transfer is perfectly sent to destination without 
> >> any issue.
> >> 
> >> Can anybody guide me on this , which facility is best to use sftp or 
> >> connect direct
> >> 
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