RE: PTF FTP Download Problem

[Jerry Adams <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same thing: Cannot connect to host...

Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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B&W Wholesale
office: 615-995-7024
email:  jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirk Goins
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:03 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: PTF FTP Download Problem

Jerry,

I just did a ftp PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM from my i5 command line and was able to
login. What happens whne you do the Interactively on your system?



On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Jerry Adams <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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 <http://ptf.boulder.ibm.com/> at
> address 207.25.253.62 using port
>  21.
> Cannot connect to host PTF.BOULDER.IBM.COM <http://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 <http://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 <http://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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