Our connections also drop frequently. I just submit a few extra jobs. If
the data has already been shipped the process is smart enough to skip over
that piece.

Or you could have a final step that checks the condition code and submits
the same job again via INTRDR.

Here in slow old Australia, some of my transfers can take > 18 hours.

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 9:50 AM Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com>
wrote:

> If you're just interested in HOLDDATA, try what I do for multiple
> releases/products that I maintain concurrently.
>
> 1. Run a step to pull all available HOLDDATA and store into a single flat
> file or PDS(E) member. You only hit the web once.
> 2. Follow this with as many steps as necessary to RECEIVE this HOLDDATA
> into all applicable CSIs.
>
> Example for z/OS 2.3 and GDPS, each with its own GLOBAL zone.
>
> //FTPGET   EXEC PGM=FTP,REGION=32M,
> // PARM='proxy(exit=8 timeout 720'
> //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*,BLKSIZE=133
> //OUTPUT   DD SYSOUT=*,BLKSIZE=133
> //INPUT    DD *
>  anonym...@service.boulder.ibm.com userid@URL                   ;
>  cd /s390/holddata                                                    ;
>  get full.txt  'hlq.smpe.ptfs(holddata)' (repl                     ;
>  quit                                                                 ;
> //*
> //*
> //ZOSR23   EXEC SMPR23,COND.SMPSTEP=(0,LT,FTPGET)
> //*
> //*
> //SMPHOLD  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=hlq.SMPE.PTFS(HOLDDATA)
> //SYSIN    DD *
>   SET    BOUNDARY(GLOBAL) .
>   RECEIVE HOLDDATA /* LIST */ .
> //*
> //*
> //ZOSGDPS  EXEC SMPEGDPS,COND.SMPSTEP=(0,LT,FTPGET)
> //*
> //*
> //SMPHOLD  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=hlq.SMPE.PTFS(HOLDDATA)
> //SYSIN    DD *
>   SET    BOUNDARY(GLOBAL) .
>   RECEIVE HOLDDATA /* LIST */ .
> ...
>
>
> .
> .
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Smith, Sean M
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2019 1:27 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: (External):Re: SMPE Internet Service Retrieval: TRANSFERONLY
>
> We are receiving the HOLDDATA into 22 zones and it takes forever and is
> prone to time outs during the order process.  We are using it to run
> EXCEPTION SYSMOD reports and track the PEs
>
> Sean
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Jousma, David
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2019 11:18 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: SMPE Internet Service Retrieval: TRANSFERONLY
>
> So, I've asked this of folks that have had the same request prior to you.
>  Why not just run the SMPE Receive order for all available maintenance,
> once for each global zone you have?   You get the current enhanced
> holddata, and you get all available maintenance.   That way, when Receive
> order is broken, and you need that one PTF, maybe you already have it?  No
> one says you have to apply it, but you have it at  your fingertips when you
> do need it.
>
> I don't understand the thought process of just getting holddata, or just
> *some* of the PTF's.
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf
> Of Smith, Sean M
> Sent: Monday, March 4, 2019 2:05 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: SMPE Internet Service Retrieval: TRANSFERONLY
>
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> We have moved exclusively to SMPE internet service retrieval so FTP is no
> longer an option.
>
> Sean
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Michael Babcock
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2019 11:03 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: SMPE Internet Service Retrieval: TRANSFERONLY
>
> I use FTP to get the yearly file into a dataset then run an SMP RECEIVE to
> bring it in.
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 12:57 PM Tom Marchant <
> 0000000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
>
> > I think that they have made it as easy as humanly possible.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you just specify the same path for SMPNTS in the
> > second step for the RECEIVE FROMNTS.
> >
> > Have you tried it?
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 17:30:52 +0000, Smith, Sean M wrote:
> >
> > >Right, but then you have to point to the exact file in the exact sub
> > directory that is dynamically created...so no way to just run a second
> > step in the job and point to the file that I can see.  Am I missing
> > something obvious or did they make this is hard as humanly possible?
> > >
> > >Sean
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]
> > >On
> > Behalf Of Tom Marchant
> > >Sent: Monday, March 04, 2019 9:23 AM
> > >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > >Subject: Re: SMPE Internet Service Retrieval: TRANSFERONLY
> > >
> > >On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 17:07:42 +0000, Smith, Sean M
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >>When using the SMPE Internet Service Retrieval to get HOLDDATA, I
> > >>would
> > like to use the TRANSFERONLY feature so I can place a single ORDER and
> > then receive the HOLDDATA into my various SMPE environments.  I am not
> > seeing how to control where the HOLDDATA gets transferred however nor
> > how to go about referring to it in a  subsequent job step. This seems
> > like a rudimentary question and I did look through the manuals
> > thinking this has to be pretty simple....and...help!
> > >
> > >SMPNTS defines where the it is transferred to and/or received from.
> > >It is
> > a Unix path.
> > >You can then use RECEIVE FROMNTS to receive it into your other global
> > zones on that system.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Tom Marchant
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