Whenever I try to download a PTF direct from our System i to an image catalogue, it fails. I see the message in the FTP's output printed report:
Connecting to host PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM at address 207.25.253.62 using port
21.
Cannot connect to host PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM at address 207.25.253.62. Try
again later.
I thought, perhaps, that the FTP server was down, but using the web browser method, I was able to download the PTF. I tried immediately afterwards, and got the same message (above).
The CL portion of the download process is:
OVRDBF FILE(INPUT) TOFILE(CROWLIB/QFTPSRC) MBR(PTFS)
FTP RMTSYS('PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM')
The Input script is:
anonymous anonymous
NAMEFMT 1
LCD '/imgclg/CUME'
ascii
cd /ccss/lv1/something/whatever/c
mget *.txt
binary
mget *.bin
quit
The printed report, after the first line of the script is reached is:
anonymous ********
Subcommand 'anonymous' not valid.
Except for changing the name of the directory on the 'cd' line of the script, I've done this, oh, a few dozen times.
I tried to PING RMTSYS(PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM) and all five attempts failed. I tried the PING from another system and got an "Unknown host" error (TCP3202).
Is this a hardware or configuration problem? As I said, it has always worked before, and I don't recall changing anything (at least not on purpose).
Thanks.
Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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B&W Wholesale
office: 615-995-7024
email: jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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