Steve,
Don't know where you're getting the "PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM", I don't remember seeing that for years (gee, maybe "For at least the last two years"?).
When I ordered a PTF through IBMLink just this last Tuesday 6/6/6 (sort of makes one fearful to install anything on that day), the instructions from IBMLink included the following (where I overtyped my IBMLink userid with "uuuuuu" and password with "pppppppp"):
---<snip>---
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Internet Webpage *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
If you have access to the Internet, IBM has a webpage
available for you to check your order's status. The URL
is- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/ssos/order_status
Data sent via "INET". To retrieve your service:
FTP to: ptf.software.ibm.com
Log on using userid "uuuuuu" and password "pppppppp"
Enter the following FTP commands:
cd /061570044/c568411202
ascii
get ftp0044.txt
binary f 1024
get vlst0044.bin
get vptf0044.bin
--or--
To retrieve your service using a web browser:
Enter the following URL:
ftp://uuuuuu:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/061570044/c568411202
Click on: ftp0044.txt to view the FTP count file.
...
---<snip>--- (there was more, but it's unrelated to your specific issue)
I use FTP from CMS to order service and ship dumps to IBM and ISV's all the time. The VMFTP package (with the latest fixes) written by Romney White can be a huge help for frequent and automated FTP use (from FILELIST I can issue a homegrown FTP2CA EXEC command and the file is packed and shipped to CA's download site in one swell foop). The VMFTP package can be obtained from: http://ukcc.uky.edu/~tools.1997/
Mike Walter
Hewitt Associates
The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.
| "Steve Gentry"
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Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 06/09/2006 08:10 AM
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For at least the last two years I have gotten the following error messages when I try to connect
to Boulder from VM to download a fix.
ftp ptf.boulder.ibm.com
VM TCP/IP FTP Level 520
Connecting to PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM 207.25.253.62, port 21
Foreign host rejected the open attempt
Unable to connect to PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM 207.25.253.62
Foreign host rejected the open attempt
Command:
I've always been able to make the connection from my pc.
Do I need to do something special on my end? I really don't like running FTP on my
pc to get these files and then turn around and up load them. I want to remove this
level of opportunity for something not to go right.
Thanks,
Steve G.
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