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<h1 class="topictitle1">Package and send objects with Management Central</h1>
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<div><p>A bulk data transfer is the process of sending packages, fixes,
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PDFs and so on, from a source system to a target system in a single transfer.
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This topic discusses package definitions, what happens when a package is sent,
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and how to troubleshoot a failed transfer.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">What you can do with package definitions</h4><p>Sending
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files to another system or group of systems is a simple point-and-click operation
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in iSeries™ Navigator.
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If you expect to send the same files again at a later date, you can create
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a <dfn class="term">package definition</dfn>, which can be saved and reused at any time
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to send the defined set of files and folders to multiple endpoint systems
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or system groups. If you create a snapshot of your files, you can keep more
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than one version of copies of the same set of files. Sending a snapshot ensures
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that no updates are made to the files during the distribution, so that the
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last target system receives the same objects as the first target system.</p>
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<p>Another
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benefit of using iSeries Navigator
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to package and send objects is that you can run a command when the distribution
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of the package is complete. This means that you can:</p>
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<ul><li>Distribute a batch input stream and run it.</li>
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<li>Distribute a set of programs and start your application.</li>
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<li>Distribute a set of data files and run a program that acts on that data.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>You can specify whether to include subfolders in the package. You
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can also specify whether to keep or replace any file that already exists on
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the target system. You can start the send task immediately or click <span class="uicontrol">Schedule</span> to
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specify when you want the task to start.</p>
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<p>You can select and send files
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and folders without creating a package definition. However, a package definition
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allows you to group together a set of i5/OS™ objects or integrated file system
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files. The package definition also allows you to view this same group of files
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as a logical set, or as a physical set, by taking a snapshot of the files
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to preserve them for later distribution.</p>
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<p>For more information about these
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and other Management Central tasks and topics, refer to the detailed task
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help that is available from the iSeries Navigator window. Click <span class="uicontrol">Help</span> from
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the menu bar and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">iSeries Navigator overview</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Management Central</span></span>.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Troubleshooting a failed transfer</h4><div class="p"><ul><li>Look at the task's job log and try to determine a cause. From the Task
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Status window, right-click the failed endpoint and click <span class="uicontrol">Task Output</span>.<p>Sending
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packages uses the Save/Restore function. When a save or restore operation
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issues an error or warning message, the Management Central package send function
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marks the status as failed. This does not necessarily mean that the entire
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process failed. You need to check the job log and determine the cause of the
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failure. It is possible that there is a message that indicates that the restore
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function worked with limitation and thus generated a warning.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Make sure that the target system can connect back to the source system. <p>On
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the endpoint system ping itself by the long name. If this is successful, then
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on the source system, ping the endpoint system using its long name. </p>
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<p>To
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complete a successful transfer, the target system must connect back to the
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source system. The IP address that is used on the target system is determined
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by the lookup frequency on the target system. If the lookup frequency is Never
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then the IP address that is used is the one that is provided by the central
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system for the source system. </p>
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<p>It might be that target system cannot
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connect to the source system via this IP address, but can connect by using
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a different IP address, one that is defined in its host table. If the lookup
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frequency on the target is set to Always then it will use DNS, the host table,
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or both to determine the IP address of the source system and it will not use
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the IP address that is provided by the central system.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaih2.htm" title="After Management Central has been set up, you can use it to streamline your server administration tasks.">Work with Management Central</a></div>
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