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[vkphani]

Hi,

Is there any utility thru which a file can be transfered to Mainframe from PC and viceversa.

Thru SEND and RECEIVE options in Mainframe, this can be acheived. But I wanna know if there is any utility to do this. I searched for this but not able to find any.

[Bill Dennis]

Your question is your answer! FTP is a utility for transferring files to/from a PC.
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Regards,
Bill Dennis

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[rama krishna reddy]

How to transfer a dataset from mainframe to PC thru FTP ?

1) Find the IP address of the mainframe system you are transmitting from.
Go ot ISPF option 6(command)
- type PING DIPN then hit ENTER
- Look for a message like the one below to find the IP address
148.171.100.2

2) Go to a DOS Prompt (COMMAND PROMPT in WINDOWS 2000) on your PC
- Type FTP then hit ENTER
- Type OPEN 148.171.100.2(i.e ip_address)
- Hit ENTER
- Enter your TSO ID and PASSWORD
- Enter the RECV command to receive the mainframe file down to your PC
RECV 'WXX262.SE.SED103.SE585.NEW' c:\temp\yourfile.txt
- Type CLOSE and hit ENTER
- Type BYE then hit ENTER to exit

[Bill Dennis]

[vkphani]

Hi All,

Thanks for your help.

I hit the ENTER after the command "ftp 10.218.102.145" in cmd prompt. But it is failing with the message: Unknown error number.

[mrinalsolanki]

vkphani,

Try these steps:
1. FTP <ENTER>
2.open 10.218.102.145


hope this works.

[Dibakar]

How to find mainframe hostname?

I can see three ip addresses related to my mainframe -

1) My mainframe emulator, EPC, shows 'Connected to host ip1'.

2) When I logon to mainframe it shows 'System ID : ABCD'.
If I do ping ABCD then i get -
CS V1R4: Pinging host ABCD (ip2)
EZZ3115I Unable to open RAW socket: EDC5139I Operation not permitted.

3) In ftp 'open ip2' gets timed out. Now there is a third ip, ip3, which I don't know how people got. This is the ip that we actually use to do ftp.

So what are these three ip addresses. And how do I find the hostname?

Thanks,
Diba.

[vak255]

There should be a settings link in your emulator check it.
or you should get it in session details.

[Redrose]

Hi All ,

Can we FTP without using MS-DOS?

i.e., Can we receive a dataset from Maniframes to Local PC drive, like 'C:\My files'. Can this be done by running a Job or by REXX code...??

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Ramanan R

[Sreejith]

You need to install something like Cesar FTP on your PC and then can use PC's IP address in a JCL to do an FTP. Google Cesar FTP and you can down load it for free.

[Redrose]

Sreejith,

Thanks for the info, but could you please explain why do we need to install Cesar FTP?

Please clarify.

Thanks,

Ramanan R

[Sreejith]

[superk]

Ramanan, rather than being vague and beating around the bush, why don't you tell us what you're doing, and what software you have to enable the process? You say you want to copy data to, using your terminology "Local PC drive". What is this device? Is it a Windows or Unix server running an actual FTP daemon/service? Is it a desktop workstation? If so, does this workstation also have a running FTP daemon/service? If not, what software IS enabled on it to allow secured and unattended transfer of data? If this is your typical Windows desktop machine with a non-fixed TCP/IP address, then I doubt it has a running FTP service, in which case the suggestion to purchase and install a third-party FTP server was a good idea.

[CraigG]

If you are using a windows desktop machine.
1. You need to know the FTP IP address for the machine you want to communicate with, this may not be the same as the IP address for your terminal sessions.
2. You need to know if you have authorization to do FTP.
3. If you have authorization & the IP address then
open a DOS (or command) WINDOW on your workstation
type FTP
OPEN ip address
your user id
your password
GET 'mf file name' "your pc filename"
or
PUT "pc filename" 'MF file name'
QUIT

GET retrieves a file from the mainframe and stores it on your PC, PUT is just the opposite.

[superk]

Another option worth considering is the ISPF File Transfer (Option 3.7??). If you install and configure the Workstation Agent onto your desktop, then yes, you can transfer data using JCL and/or REXX since you'll be using common ISPF service calls.