FTP to/from IBM is almost completely painless these days. If you do it with a batch job direct from z/OS, well, I've not had it fail, except for typos. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 8:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: DUMP Datasets and SMS
On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:09 PM, ibm-main wrote: > -----------------SNIP------------------------------------ > Say what !!!! > Ignore him Bob - IPCS is the ducks nuts. Don't get me wrong its "OK" but give me AMDRDMP anyday. I know there are things you can do in IPCS that its difficult the old way There are cases for printing (like when IBM asks for them) I am not advocating printing a SALONE dump at all. Generally I have 1-2 times a year when IBM wants to print off something from a dump and fax it to them. I know you can FTP (and I have done so) dumps to IBM. But the hassle alone is worth the avoidance, IMO. I had better uses of my time than sending a dump via FTP to IBM. If they would make it reasonably painless. I end up spending hours meanwhile I have people stopping by the desk and asking what the status of this or that is. Even if I can dedicate a slot of time it is aggravation that drives me up the wall. ALmost never does a transfer go smoothly (at least IME). IBM should provide, IMO, a error free (or almost) way of transmitting dumps. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
