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IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS
User’s Guide
Version 3.7
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Copyright This edition applies to the 3.7 Version of IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices on page 159. Licensed Materials - Property of IBM IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS © Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2011. All Rights Reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted
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Contents Chapter 1 About Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS Issuing Sterling Connect:Direct CL Commands ........................................................... 7 Issuing CL Commands Through the Main Menu .......................................................... 9 Accessing the Administration Menu.............................................................................. 10 Chapter 2 Using Control Language Embedding CL Commands...............................................................
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4 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide CDRCV Command Format............................................................................................ 47 Required Parameters ............................................................................................... 48 Optional Parameters................................................................................................ 55 Simulating Blocksizes........................................................................
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5 Chapter 10 Controlling Processes CDSUBPROC Command Example............................................................................... 124 CDSUBPROC Command Format ................................................................................. 124 Required Parameter ................................................................................................ 125 Optional Parameters ............................................................................................... 125 Subm
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6 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide i5/OS Send and Receive Examples Using Native File System...................................... 152 i5/OS Send and Receive Examples Using Integrated File System ................................ 153 i5/OS–z/OS Send and Receive Examples ..................................................................... 154 i5/OS–NT Send and Receive Examples......................................................................... 155 i5/OS–Microsoft Windows Run
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Chapter 1 About Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS ® ® ® IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS is an enterprise solution for secure, automated file delivery between business applications. Its session management and extended recovery features help assure data delivery in support of 24 hours a day, 7 days a week business operations. It links technologies, moves all types of information, and manages high-performance transfers by providing easy-to-use automation, checkpoint/restart, and error rec
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8 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide Queue Manager (QMGR) The QMGR manages the Sterling Connect:Direct Process queue. The QMGR is always active when Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS is active. Timer (TIMER) The TIMER component provides timer services to the session manager, the process queue manager, and other Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS components. The TIMER runs as a separate i5/OS job, submitted and controlled by the Process Manager component. The TIMER is always
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About Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS 9 When the Sterling Connect:Direct/Manager receives a Process that requires PLEXCLASS=CLASS1 and determines that both Sterling Connect:Direct/Servers support CLASS1, it routes the Process to the Sterling Connect:Direct/Server with the lowest workload. For more information on the PLEXCLASS parameter, see the CL command to execute in the IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS environment in the IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide. Remote no
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10 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide 2. Press Enter. The Sterling Connect:Direct Main Menu displays the Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS functions that you can perform from this screen. CMDCD Connect:Direct (tm) System: FRAN Select one of the following: 1. Send file to remote node CDSND 2. Receive file from remote node
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About Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS 11 The Connect:Direct Administration menu consists of two screens. Access the second screen by pressing the page down key. CDADMIN Connect:Direct (tm) Administration System: FRAN Select one of the following: Connect:Direct Statistics. 21. Select Connect:Direct statistics CDSELSTAT 22. Archive Connect:Direct stat member
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Chapter 2 Using Control Language Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS uses Sterling Connect:Direct CL commands to perform Sterling Connect:Direct functions. Sterling Connect:Direct CL commands have the following general i5/OS CL command format: Each command can have required and optional parameters and subparameters that provide additional information needed to run the command. Subparameters are always positional. Each parameter provides a specific type of information or instruction. Each
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14 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide Command Function CDDSPSTATI Display information about where statistics are being logged. CDRCV Receive data from a remote node. CDRSTSTATM Decompress selected statistics file members to a user-designated file. CDSELSTAT Select statistics records and retrieve information about the active statistics file. CDRUNJOB Submit a job in batch mode on a remote node. CDRUNTASK Execute a Sterling Connect:Direct Run Task function on a remote node. CDSND
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Using Control Language 15 Entering CL Commands You can type CL commands on an i5/OS node using any of the following methods: Embedding CL Commands You can embed CL commands in an application (user-written CL program), which allows you to combine functions supplied by Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS with i5/OS CL commands within a user-written application. Entering CL Commands in Free Format You can type CL commands in a free format, which allows you to type a command and its parameters as a
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16 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide &MSGID is the CDE* error message. The first 8 characters of the &MSGDATA are the application error message that you can look up interactively with the following command: DSPCDMSGD Note: The &MSGID and &MSGDATA variables must be defined in the CL program. Specify the &MSGID character length as 7 characters and &MSGDATA as 8 characters to capture the error message. Using CL Programming and Sterling Connect:Direct CL Commands An i5/O
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Using Control Language 17 Command Prompting for the Sterling Connect:Direct CL Commands Sterling Connect:Direct CL commands follow the format of the native i5/OS CL commands, which provide an extensive help facility describing their purpose, parameters, values, and any dependencies. In addition, you can use the prompt/help feature to select and type commands and appropriate parameters. Prompt/help is offered at the command level and at the parameter level. Both levels allow you to use F4 for
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Chapter 3 Sending a File Sending a file on Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS requires the Sterling Connect:Direct Send (CDSND) command. Understanding the Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS file systems, the CDSND command parameters, block mode transfer, and the CDSND screens enables you to use this command more effectively. Using the File Systems Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS supports two types of file systems to perform file transfers: native file and integrated file. The native file sys
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20 IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS User’s Guide /QSYS.LIB is the iSeries DB2 file system /QOpenSys is a UNIX-style file system All others are part of the root file system Specifying a Path Name The integrated file system recognizes the objects by the path specification. You must specify the fully qualified path name to transfer a file. Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS identifies a path that starts with a slash (/) or a backslash (\) as a request for the integrated file system. The i
