Transferring a data set to a Connect:Direct node on z/OS

You can transfer a data set from a Managed File Transfer agent on z/OS® to a Connect:Direct® node on z/OS by using a Connect:Direct bridge that is located on a Windows or Linux® system.

Before you begin

Before transferring a file, you must configure the Connect:Direct bridge, which is a component of Managed File Transfer. See Configuring the Connect:Direct bridge.

About this task

In this example, the parameter -df is used to specify the destination of the transfer. The parameter -df is valid for use when the source agent of the transfer is any version of Managed File Transfer. You can use the -ds parameter instead. The source agent is called FTE_ZOS1 and is an Managed File Transfer agent. The Connect:Direct bridge agent is called CD_BRIDGE and is located on a Linux system. The destination Connect:Direct node is called CD_ZOS2. Both the source agent and the destination Connect:Direct node are located on z/OS systems. The data set to be transferred is located at //FTEUSER.SOURCE.LIB on the system where FTE_ZOS1 is located. The data set is transferred to the data set //CDUSER.DEST.LIB on the system where CD_ZOS2 is located.

Procedure

Use the fteCreateTransfer command with the value for the -df parameter in the form: connect_direct_node_name:data_set_name;attributes and the value of the -da (destination agent) parameter specified as the name of the Connect:Direct bridge agent.
The Connect:Direct node specified by connect_direct_node_name is the node that you want the data set to be transferred to, not the Connect:Direct node that operates as part of the Connect:Direct bridge.

The data set name specified by data_set_name must be absolute, not relative. Connect:Direct does not prefix the data set name with the name of the user.
```
fteCreateTransfer -sa FTE_ZOS1 -sm QM_ZOS 
                  -da CD_BRIDGE -dm QM_BRIDGE 
                  -df CD_ZOS2://'CDUSER.DEST.LIB;BLKSIZE(8000);LRECL(80)' 
                  //'FTEUSER.SOURCE.LIB'
```
For more information, see fteCreateTransfer: start a new file transfer.
The source agent FTE_ZOS1 transfers the data in the data set to the Connect:Direct bridge agent CD_BRIDGE. The data is temporarily stored as a flat file on the system where the Connect:Direct bridge agent is running, in the location defined by the cdTmpDir agent property. The Connect:Direct bridge agent transfers the data to the Connect:Direct node CD_ZOS2. When the transfer is complete, the flat file is deleted from the system where the Connect:Direct bridge agent is running.