Troubleshoot FTP

This topic provides basic troubleshooting techniques for problems that occur with the FTP server or FTP client.

• Determine problems with File Transfer Protocol
  You can view a list of steps to determine whether your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is working correctly.
• Materials required for reporting FTP problems
  This topic describes the information that the IBM^® service representative might require to resolve an FTP problem.
• Trace the FTP server
  You can use the DBUG subcommand to track down problems on the FTP server.
• Trace the FTP client
  You can use the DEBUG subcommand to track down problems on the FTP client.
• Work with FTP server jobs and job log
  You can research FTP errors by obtaining a spooled file of the FTP server job log.