Re: Batch automate connecting to AS400's

PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com wrote:

>Do you really -need- to use passthrough to get your data?  Why not set up
>the remote AS/400s to automatically transmit at 06h30?  They can use send
>net file and SNADS to have your data arrive automatically.  After the file
>is transmitted, send a net message to a given queue and let the central
>'400 receive the net file.

This is definitely a better technique than Andre was originally
considering. Let the remote sites blow rather than having the receiving
one suck, and use SNDNETF rather than DDM. If you dedicate a user
profile on the receiving AS/400 you can have the remotes SNDNETF to this
one profile. They will then not need to send a separate network message.
The receiving job monitors the message queue of the dedicated profile
for message CPI8050, which gets sent automatically whenever a network
file arrives for that profile. The receiving job, which can be active
all the time, needs authority to the message queue and the network
files, but does not necessarily need to run under that profile, which
should be created with PASSWORD(*NONE).

Depending on the level of sophistication required the monitoring program
can either just deal with files as and when they arrive, or periodically
time out on the RCVMSG and take some action if files do not arrive as
and when expected.

As an alternative to SNDNETF you could also consider using FTP to
transfer the files. This removes your dependency on SNADS and possibly
also makes the "suck" method a more attractive alternative.


Dave Kahn - TCO, Tengiz, Kazakstan
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