FTP Problem: Source dataset not found

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:34 pm

It is not displaying a member list under FTP when you enter the "dir" command because:

1) as far as FTP is concerned, the file does not exist, or
2) your FTP session does not have access under site security to the data set, or
3) something else on your site is preventing your FTP session from accessing the data set.

You may have access under TSO/ISPF to the data set but not via FTP -- I don't know your site security policies and how they're implemented. However, it is completely irrelevant that you can get to it from ISPF -- if that was what you needed, you could do that without using FTP. You keep telling you have that access with ISPF but since it is not FTP it does not matter.

Note that none of this says the data set does not exist -- I'm saying as far as FTP is concerned it cannot find the data set or its members.

At this point, I recommend contacting your site support group and have them research the problem. They are more likely to know your environment and be able to determine what is going on in FTP.

MBabu · Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:29 pm

or is 'ABCD.RELEASE.JCL' not a PDS

rskumar · New User Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 35 Location: chennai

Thanks guys. I will check with my site security coordinator. Hopefully he has a solution

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dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:11 am

Hello,

If the Endevor libraries are Librarian or Panvalet datasets, you most likely will not access members directly from ftp.

shankarramv · New User Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 5 Location: India

Hi

This could happen if you log on to your LPAR from a common screen.

Assume, U coonect to your MF session with IP ABC, in that screen there could me many lpar listed out of which u may choose DEF or some other thing.

now if such is the case, then do a ftp DEF and not FTP ABC.

When you do a ftp ABC, a dir and find that no dataset is displayed, then it clearly tell you that u have access to ftp but, somehow the dasds cannot be reached from here....