To use FTP transfer to and from physical sequential large format data sets, perform the appropriate tasks in Table 1. No tasks are necessary to enable the support for the transfer of z/OS® UNIX files that are as large as or larger than two gigabytes; that support is automatically enabled.
| Task | Reference |
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| Configure the FTP client or server to allocate new physical sequential data sets as physical sequential large-format data sets. |
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| Determine whether the FTP client allocates new physical sequential data sets as physical sequential large-format data sets or as physical sequential basic format data sets. | LOCSTat subcommand in z/OS Communications Server: IP User's Guide and Commands |
| Determine whether the FTP server allocates new physical sequential data sets as physical sequential large-format data sets or as physical sequential basic format data sets. | STAtus subcommand in z/OS Communications Server: IP User's Guide and Commands |