Since the DRPC package has now made the ftpget/ftpput stages available and documented them, I added an ftp option to my PIPEDDR package so that disks can be dumped and restored to and from and ftp server. You can find it at http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?pipeddr via the vmarc archive link on that page. Note that PIPEDDR does not use the new DDR stage discussed in this thread, just the ftp stages made available with the DRPC package. And, in case it is not obvious, the output files written by the DDR pipe stage and PIPEDDR are not compatible - you must use the same utility to restore a disk that you used to dump it.
I'll gladly accept any feedback on the ftp option. I have some ideas on further improvements, but I wanted to get a version out there with the new support and get any feedback about its use. -- Bruce Hayden Linux on System z Advanced Technical Support IBM, Endicott, NY
