Step 1. Transferring the archive file to a data set

From a workstation: If you have TCP/IP on your workstation, you can use the ftp command to transfer an archive file to MVS™ or to the z/OS® shell (if you have the z/OS Communications Server installed).

a.

Copy the archive file into a file.

b.

Enter the FTP command.

Tip: If you are ftp-ing to a remote z/OS UNIX file system, be aware that the z/OS UNIX server often listens to a port other than the well-known port. Make sure you know the address and port to use.

c.

Enter the binary subcommand.

d.

Enter the put subcommand, specifying a z/OS UNIX directory or a sequential or partitioned data set as the destination.

If you are specifying a data set, you may prefer to use one partitioned data set for all your archive files, with each archive file a member in the partitioned data set. Here is an example of the partitioned data set attributes you might want:

 DATA SET NAME: TURBO.CMPL.ARCHIVE

 GENERAL DATA:                            CURRENT ALLOCATION:
    Volume serial:         TRBLK1            Allocated Cylinders: 26
    Device type:           3380              Allocated extents:    5
    Organization:          PO
    Record format:         VB
    Record length:         255
    Block size:            23476          CURRENT UTILIZATION:
    1st extent Cylinders:  12                Used Cylinders:       0
    Secondary Cylinders:   0                 Used extents:         0

    Creation date:         1994/12/18
    Expiration date:       ***NONE***

e.

Go to Step 2. Copying the file from a data set into a file system.

From a tape drive at your MVS system: If you have an archive file on tape and the necessary tape drive at your MVS system, you can copy the file directly from the tape into a data set.

a.

Copy the archive file from the tape into a data set. Here is some sample JCL for copying an archive file (TURBO.TARTAPE) from a tape into a data set (TURBO.TAR):

//TAPE2DS   JOB ,',MSGLEVEL=(1,1)
//*
//STEP1    EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSIN    DD  DUMMY
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1   DD  DSNAME=TURBO.TARTAPE,UNIT=TAPE,LABEL=(1,NL),DISP=OLD,
//             VOL=SER=123456,DCB=(RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=5120)
//SYSUT2   DD  DSNAME=TURBO.TAR,DISP=(NEW,CATLG),UNIT=SYSDA,
//             SPACE=(5120,(100,100),RLSE)

Note: For LABEL=, NL indicates that there is no label. Use NL when transferring a tape between an MVS and a UNIX system; use SL when transferring a tape between two MVS systems.

b.

Go to Step 2. Copying the file from a data set into a file system, which follows.