All, Grasping at straws here, IBM support center is baffled too.
To clone z/OS maintenance to various disconnected sysplex’s I do a DFDSS dump, and FTP it everywhere it needs to be. Its roughly a 50Gb file transfer. There is some environmental issue causing slow file transfers to some systems (40mb’s a sec) and fast file transfers (150Mb/sec) to other systems on the same CEC. With IBM support help, we’ve narrowed down the problem to the specification of MODE B and EBCDIC on the transfer since it is a DSS dump. Remove those, and the transfer is fast on the slow systems, and still fast on the fast systems. Obviously that isn’t a solution though. So, we are a GDPS shop. The oddity is that all the “fast” transfers are to the K systems(control systems), and all the “slow” transfers are to the traditional application systems. TEST, DEV, PROD makes no difference, nor does LPAR busy or not busy. It seems there is something configured differently on the “slow” systems that is affecting mode b, ebcdic file transfers, but for the life of me, I cannot put my finger on what, nor can the support center, except that the issue is at the remote end, in that the OS cannot offload the data fast enough, so TCPIP/FTP is slowing the transfer pace. A virtual adult beverage of choice to the one that can point in a direction to look…. Dave Jousma Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
