To transfer a file to a test server, use basic File Transfer Protocol
(FTP) to send the file to the remote host.
Situation
Suppose that a colleague developed Java™ files
on a remote server. As a system engineer, you need to transfer the example.jar
file from the remote server to your local test server. The client and the
server are both an iSeries™ using i5/OS™ FTP.
Objectives
Use
FTP to transfer the file across a TCP/IP network.
Details
To
transfer the file, two connections are used: the control connection and
the data connection. The control connection is used to send subcommands
from the client to the server and receive responses to those commands from
the server to the client. The client initiates FTP commands to the FTP server.
The data connection is used to transfer the actual files. Both the client
and the server interface with the i5/OS file system.
To transfer files,
you need a user ID on both systems. You also need the following system requirements:
- iSeries server running i5/OS
- TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities (5722-TC1)
- FTP server configured
To transfer files, you also need to know the following
information:
- Host name of the remote system
- Your user name and password on the remote system
- Name of file to transfer
- Location of the file to transfer
- File format (format that you must transfer the file in, such as binary
or ASCII)
Configuration tasks
You must complete each of these tasks to perform a simple file transfer:
Note: You can also transfer files automatically by using FTP as a batch job.
- Start your FTP client session. For this scenario: In the iSeries character-based
interface, type STRTCPFTP and press Enter.
- Specify the name of the remote system to which you want to send the file.
For
this scenario: theirco.com
- Tell the remote system your user name for the remote server. For this
scenario:
Enter login ID (yourid):
===>yourid
- Tell the remote system your password for the remote server. For this scenario:
Enter password:
===>yourpassword
- Locate the directory on the TheirCo server from which you want to transfer
the file. For this scenario: ===>cd /qibm/userdata/os400/dirserv/usrtools/windows
- Navigate to the directory on the local server to which you want to transfer
the file. For this scenario: ===>lcd /qibm/userdata/os400/dirserv/usrtools/windows
- Specify file type, ASCII or BINARY. Default file type is ASCII. For a
.jar file, you must switch the file transfer type to binary. For this scenario:
===> binary
- Request a file transfer from the remote server system to the client system.
For this scenario: ===> get example.jar
- When finished, Exit from FTP.
For this scenario: ===>
QUIT