RE: Ftping large files w/o timing out

Currently the savf function on the local system takes place just before the
backups
......to insure I get the same image it will
......this is around 4am

Then at 8am it runs the ftp script to transfer the files to the remote
iseries
.....currently the timeout intervals are set to 10800 (3 hrs)
.....which should be adequate, but it's not
.....this is set for both ends

/ Set Remote timeouts (180 mins) inactivity and transfer
FtpLin = 'QUOTE TIME 10800 10800';
write FtpSrcR;

/ Set Local timeouts (180 mins inactivity)
FtpLin = 'DEBUG T1 10800';
write FtpSrcR;

/ Set Local timeouts (180 mins transfer)
FtpLin = 'DEBUG T2 10800';
write FtpSrcR;

It will timeout at about 1 hr

It defaults to Extended Passive mode
.....I'm going to try and turn that off
.....and turn on PASV mode as suggested in another response

If that doesn't work, I will try some of the other suggestions
......like qshell with jar files etc.

Thanks

Terry N

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bradley Stone
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:51 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Ftping large files w/o timing out

Is it timing out during transfer of the data or possibly when you're saving
everything (ie, you FTP to your machine, call a CL program to save
everything, then download all the data).

I had the same issue with timing out that I never could solve. But it never
timed out during an actual GET or PUT. Instead it was timing out on the
remote command call because saving of the data was taking a while.

I got around that by running 2 FTP scripts. The first to call the CL, then
a pause of xxx minutes, then the 2nd FTP to download the files.

Brad
www.bvstools.com


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:45 AM, John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In my experience, which is granted a bit dated, DTACPR(*HIGH) yielded
very little added reduction in file size over *MEDIUM but the time to
do the save, and amount of CPU consumed, was much higher.

I would attack this as a network issue, specifically firewall and/or
time-out related.

http://www.ncftp.com/ncftpd/doc/misc/ftp_and_firewalls.html#FirewallTi
meouts

And on the i side:
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200903/msg00870.html to look at
timeouts and possibly trying PASV v. PORT for the mode.


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Terry Nonamaker <
TNonamaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That is how I am doing the savf
.....that takes it time, but that is not the problem

What we are doing, is using this process as a secondary method of DR
.....we do savlibs to a *savf for the appropriate items .....and
then ftp those to the remote iseries .....small libs go just fine
.....it's these big guys that get in the way ..........and I don't
really have a way of making them smaller than they are getting
..........currently they are *Medium, possibly *high could be an
option ..........it depends on how much time it actually adds to the
process


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gqcy
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 8:45 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Ftping large files w/o timing out

This doesn't answer the timeout problem directly but...
If when you save your objects
you set DTACPR (data compression) to *MEDIUM or *HIGH you should
get

very

good "shrinkage" on the *SAVF size.
WARNING - Time to save will increase.





On 1/25/2013 10:02 AM, Terry Nonamaker wrote:

Is there a way to ftp large files between local iseries/remote
iSeries and not time out

...there are firewalls on each end

...so I don't know if it's the iSeries timing out or the windows
firewall



I have 2 *savf files I need to transfer on a regular basis

..but the server always times out



I have changed the inactivity time to 0 on both ends to supposedly
not time out

..Not

I have used the TIME command in ftp to set it to high timeout
values

...and DEBUG T1/T2

...Neither of those makes a difference either



One file is 3.94Gb and the other is 9.52Gb



I can do it from the windows server

...and it does not timeout from there



But why can't I do it from the iSeries



Suggestions please

..no amount of searching seems to help



Terry Nonamaker

TNonamaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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