Re: SAVSYS to IMGCLG then to DVD on PC

Thanks Chuck.  In this case I'd need about 75 minutes for the rmvlnk to complete.
 
Neil Palmer, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 11:39:19 AM
Subject: Re: SAVSYS to IMGCLG then to DVD on PC


On 07 Sep 2013 17:09, Neil Palmer wrote:

<<SNIP>>
  quote rcmd LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(VIRTUALTAP) OPTION(*UNLOAD) DEV(TAPVRT01)
  quote rcmd rmvlnk '/asp02/virtualtape/VOL001'
(NOTE: this will take a fair amount of time, long enough for the FTP
command connection to timeout and disconnect because it doesn't send
periodic status update messages like a PUT command does to keep it
alive, so don't have any more FTP batch commands after the rmvlnk)

<<SNIP>>
  quote rcmd LODIMGCLGE VIRTUALTAP *VOL *UNLOAD VOL(NITEV1) DEV(TAPVRT01)
  quote rcmd LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(VIRTUALTAP) OPTION(*UNLOAD) DEV(TAPVRT01)
  put /virtualtape/VOL001 /asp02/virtualtape/VOL001
  noop <<< PUT sends status update msgs
  noop    which keeps FTP command connection alive  >>>
<<SNIP>>

  FWiW: The implication about why the connection remains active is
deceptive.  Refer to the server support for subcommand TIME, to learn
how to adjust the amount of time to allow for work on the server to
complete before a connection is terminated.  Note the second parameter
which defines the time allowed for a file-transfer, which is a limit
irrespective of the transfer status messaging.  With the IBM i as the
FTP server, issue the following request to get the help text describing
the feature; for convenience, the reply as presented on an older system,
follows that request:

    quote help time

    214-TIME <inactivity> <transfer>: Sets server time-out values for
this FTP session.
    214-  <inactivity> is the inactivity time-out in seconds.
    214-  <transfer> (optional) is the file transfer time-out in seconds.
    214-Example:  TIME 900.
    214 More information is available in the TCP/IP Configuration and
Reference, SC41-5420


  So... Early in the FTP script, the following request would ask the
server to allow for ten minutes of work [e.g. as effected by quote rcmd
<cmd-string>] at the server, to complete without timing-out:

    quote time 600