Transfer file from node to mf and thento another node by ndm

Mohan2912 · New User Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 2 Location: India

Hi,
I need to pick up a file from one node and drop the same file to another node. For this i need to run two steps in JCL. Recieve and send. But the problem is after recieve step JCL will give a return code of 0 but the file may not be transferred completely. So in order to run the second step, the file should be trasferred. Is there a way to find whether the file is physically transferred? Will MAXDELAY=UNLIMITED help?

Thanks.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:04 pm

from what I can understand:

you have 3 nodes.
1 (A) has the file
2 (B & C)need the file.

why not send from 1 to the other 2?
it is not like you are moving from A to B to C
you are copying from A to B & C.

why are you making the copy from A to C, dependent on the copy from A to B?

and this: MAXDELAY=UNLIMITED
is typical pc dog-poop. keeping a job active
(thus using resources that could be used by other jobs that are ready to go)
so that it can invoke a second step,
that is dependent on a service invoked by the first step, not the completeion of the first step,
indicates that you have no idea how mainframe computers work.

Mohan2912 · New User Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 2 Location: India

Dick,
I can very well send from A to both B & C if the interface is designed so. Our application acts like a post man to pick and drop the file. A cannot drop the file to C. That is the constraint.

Now, I have 2 steps in my JCl
1. Picks
2. Drops.

Do u think MAXDELAY will help in making sure file is copied from A to B?

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:16 pm

sounds like a question your ops-support group can answer
better than me.

Nic Clouston · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:25 am

Why not make the 'drop' a second job that would be submitted by the scheduler on arrival of the dataset at B?

vasanthz · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:03 am

Hello,
You could try the NDM procs,

Below is a sample,