FTP Failure Return Code 2849/Meaning

ajlcomp · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:11 am

Hi!

We send a zipped file to a vendor via executing FTP in batch JCL. The job is returning a 2849 error code. The job output doesn't give anymore detail. Search this site I think I say a 2849 but not sure. With have ZOS operating system.

What does this error code mean?

Thank You

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:26 am

Hello and welcome to the forum,

There is more information somewhere. . . You need to find this and post it.

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:43 am

FTP output goes to OUTPUT DD statement. There will be a 5-digit return code, which is actually 2 digits of FTP command followed by 3 digit error code. Use BBcode and post the OUTPUT for review.

The 2849 is not quite meaningless. It is the 5-digit FTP return code, MOD 4096 to create a job return code. There can be multiple FTP return codes that map to a single job return code.

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:48 am

Checking the codes table, I see 2849 can translate to 27425 -- which is a PUT (27) for which the response was 425 -- could not open data connection. If this is a new FTP job, check for firewall issues with your site network support group. Otherwise, check to see if the server on the other side went down unexpectedly.

ajlcomp · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:04 pm

Thanks for the replies. Our software didn't provide any further error codes that were five digits in length.

We did determine it was a connection timeout on the server at the receiver end.

Robert Sample · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:07 pm

The five digit codes are generated by TCP/IP on a z/OS machine automatically -- check the OUTPUT DD name for the output of each command; any errors should appear there.