Doesn't XMIT/RECEIVE handle VBS in both directions? I thought it did. Peter
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:24 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Transmitting SMF records What I remember from a discussion long ago was that the reason a VBS dataset can't be put back together again is that when the VBS dataset is sent to a Windows intermediary, some of the binary metadata defining the records and blocks is lost by the Windows side, making it impossible to recreate the VBS on the other end. Whether this is actually true or not, that's what I recall. Going straight z/OS to z/OS that metadata is retained. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Gary Weinhold Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2022 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Transmitting SMF records I'm glad there was a solution. But the underlying problem seems to be that z/OS FTP appears to be limited to processing a binary (image) transfer as a stream of bytes unless the transfer is between a z/OS client and z/OS server. IBM RECFM of VB and VBS seem to be quite well defined and I don't know why, if the receiving z/OS FTP is informed that the data stream is actually VB(S) format, either by SITE/LOCSITE FTP commands or by the DCB of a preallocated output dataset, it can't invoke the same routines that it would if the sender was a z/OS system. As an alternative, it wouldn't seem very difficult to create a utility to read the FTPed data (received as a sequential file with an arbitrary record length) and reformat the data to write a VB(S) file. I've known of windows-based utilities that process FTPed SMF data (raw or tersed) so the technical knowledge is out there. Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 13:22:27 -0600 From: Boesel Guillaume <guilla...@boesel.fr> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Transmitting SMF records Hi Rex, Great. You are right, tersing file from tape to tape works well. It took around 80-90 MSU during an hour for just one file but it worked. Hoping that Ituriel will be able to read this file. Regards and thanks ! Gary Weinhold Senior Application Architect DATAKINETICS | Data Performance & Optimization Phone:+1.613.523.5500 x216 Email: weinh...@dkl.com -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
