Configuring the host

BARR/FTP

You can use the BARR/FTP module to connect to and transfer files between your JES FTP host and the Barr Enterprise Print Server using FTP Acronym for File Transfer Protocol. In TCP/IP, an application protocol used to transfer files to and from host computers.. With the BARR/FTP module, you can send files to the FTP host or receive files from the FTP host.

If you are using the JES host type, complete the following steps to verify your host and JCL Acronym for Job Control Language. files are configured properly.

  1. Ask the host programmer to enable TCP/IP and FTP on the host.

  2. Ask the host programmer to set up a user name and password in the host security systems (for example, RACF Acronym for Resource Access Control Facility. IBM mainframe security software that verifies user ID and password and controls access to authorized files and resources.). These parameters will be used as the User name and Password specified on the General tab. Users will need rights to submit files.

  3. Use the following procedure to verify that the host is setup correctly. If the test fails, contact your host programmer to verify your host configuration is correct.

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. In the Address box, type ftp:// followed by the host address and then press ENTER. A screen appears asking for your user name and password. This host address will be used as the Host address specified on the General tab.

  3. Enter the User name and Password. If you are able to connect, then your host is configured correctly.

  1. Any text JCL can be submitted using BARR/FTP, including JCL with embedded text data. To receive the output through BARR/FTP, however, the following parameters must be set.

  1. The job name must be your user name plus one character. In this example, the user name is P390 and the job name is P390B.

  2. The SYSOUT class must be a held class. In this example, class H is used because that is a held class on this system.

The parameters that must be configured are highlighted in the following example.

//P390B     JOB (),'IEBGENER',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=L,MSGLEVEL=(1,1)
//STEP1TP   EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSPRINT  DD  SYSOUT=D
//SYSIN     DD  DUMMY
//SYSUT2    DD  SYSOUT=(H,,1)
//SYSUT1    DD  DSN=TEST.BIGFILE.ASCII,DISP=SHR

00010001
00020001
00030001
00031001
00040002
00050001

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