FTPing Files Greater than 2Gb from Microsoft Windows 2003 Server to OS/400 or i5/OS

Resolving The Problem

Apparently, the native FTP client available with the Microsoft® Windows® 2003 server is limited to 2Gb file sizes
(that is, file sizes <= 2Gb). Therefore, any time you try to send a file that is above 2Gb, the put FTP sub-command
will fail with the following message:

> bigfile: Inode is remote

For example, take a look at the following print screens:

1. We have a file that is above 2Gb in size: bigfile (2.82Gb):

2. We try to send it to our IBM® System i® products system using FTP; however, the transfer fails with the
message Inode is remote:

The above error is related to the Microsoft Windows 2003 server's FTP client rather than the IBM®
OS/400® or i5/OS® FTP server.


3. We turn it on hash printing by running the hash FTP sub-command:

4. We submit the put FTP sub-command again:


5. This time the transfer completes with success:



Recommendation

To ensure that you will be able to transfer any file from the Microsoft Windows 2003 server environment to an
OS/400 or i5/OS environment regardless of its size, turn on Hash mark printing before you submit the put FTP
sub-command.