Kees, Dfdss in general is not ftp freindly. When we faced that in a large data movement project, we used xmit to convert the file format to xmt on one side and rexyeive it on the other side.
ITschak בתאריך יום ד׳, 6 בנוב׳ 2019, 17:18, מאת Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM < kees.verno...@klm.com>: > So do we. > > And I wonder what the actual problem is? If the DFDSS dump dataset has > such a special (internal) format, that FTP cannot always handle it > correctly, why can AMATERSE do this without problems? > > If it FTP only, what is the special problem for FTP? What other dataset > formats are a problem for FTP? > > Questions, Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt... > > Kees. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: 06 November 2019 16:11 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Zfs from 1 LPAR to another > > I have always FTP a DFDSS dump of "things" - What I was told to do long > ago and far away was to include BLKSIZE=32760 on the dump file in DFDSS. > > This has never caused an issue (DFDSS ignores the Blksize). And my > Transfer have (knock wood) not failed. And I have always been able to > restore from the DFDSS dump. > > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > > Behalf Of Vernooij, Kees (ITOP NM) - KLM > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 8:02 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Zfs from 1 LPAR to another > > > > Can you point to where that is documented? > > We FTP a lot b.m.o. DFDSS between Sysplexes. > > > > Kees. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > > On Behalf Of Tom Conley > > Sent: 06 November 2019 15:46 > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Zfs from 1 LPAR to another > > > > On 11/5/2019 6:54 PM, Jousma, David wrote: > > > Terse, dont terse, your call. I have 100% reliability as long as > > > the > > destination disk dataset for the ftp is newly created. If the > > destination dataset already exists, then yes, there have been problems. > > > > > > As you mention there are some specific options on the transfer to > > > specify, > > and as long as you do, it will work fine. > > > > > > Sending the dump file outside the company, probably not bad idea to > > > terse > > since we are all familiar with it. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > __ > > > _______________________________ > > > > > > Dave Jousma > > > > > > AVP | Manager, Systems Engineering > > > Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand > > > Rapids, MI 49546 > > > > > > 616.653.8429 | fax: 616.653.2717 > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Tom Conley <pinnc...@rochester.rr.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:17 PM > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > > Subject: Re: Zfs from 1 LPAR to another > > > > > > > > > **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** > > > > > > **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or > > > unexpected emails** > > > > > > On 11/5/2019 3:11 PM, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > > >> I always terse the dump file too. Had issues with Restore if the > > >> file wasn't tersed. > > >> > > >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2019, 03:53 Pierre Fichaud <pr...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Dave, > > >>> I'll do that. The files are not big. > > >>> They can be sent as ZIP files. > > >>> Thanks, Pierre > > >>> > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>> -- > > >>> -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > > >>> IBM-MAIN > > >>> > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> -- > > >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > > >> IBM-MAIN > > >> > > > > > > Wayne beat me to it. Terse any DFDSS file before sending. You may > > > get away with DFDSS with mode block and EBCDIC. Until you don't. > > > Terse it for 100% reliability. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Tom Conley > > > > > > > Dave, > > > > For over a year, I FTP'd a DFDSS dump of my IODF file to every LPAR > > that needed it. Worked fine, until it didn't. IBM's response to the > > PMR that I opened is that the only 100% reliable way to FTP a DFDSS > > dump file was to terse it first. IBM does not support direct FTP of a > > DFDSS dump file. So I now terse every DFDSS dump file before FTPing > > it to other systems, and I haven't had another failure in 6 years. 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