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Chapter 3. Operating NetView FTP V2.2.1 MVS - IBM

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Appendix B. Transfer Error Recovery<br />

Error Recovery for SNA Transfers<br />

The transfer error recovery in <strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> <strong>V2.2.1</strong> <strong>MVS</strong> for SNA servers is based<br />

on its checkpoint facility.<br />

Checkpoint Facility<br />

Note: The checkpoint facility is not available for OSI/File Services.<br />

<strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> <strong>V2.2.1</strong> <strong>MVS</strong> offers a checkpoint facility to recover from interrupts<br />

during a file transfer. You can recover from the following types of errors without<br />

transferring the complete data set again:<br />

� Telecommunication-line interruptions<br />

� Abnormal termination of the remote or local system (system malfunction)<br />

� Operator termination of the remote or local <strong>FTP</strong>.<br />

The checkpoint data set is used to store this recovery information, which is called a<br />

checkpoint record. Each checkpoint record is related to one file transfer. The<br />

checkpoint record is always written by the receiving server.<br />

Using the recovery information that <strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> <strong>V2.2.1</strong> <strong>MVS</strong> has stored when the<br />

error occurred, it can resume the interrupted file transfer from the last recorded<br />

checkpoint.<br />

Sharing the Checkpoint Data Set<br />

A checkpoint data set is opened and accessed by a server. All servers at one<br />

<strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> <strong>V2.2.1</strong> <strong>MVS</strong> installation can share the same checkpoint data set.<br />

This allows <strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> <strong>V2.2.1</strong> <strong>MVS</strong> to restart a file transfer on one server that<br />

was interrupted while it was being processed on another server.<br />

You can also define a checkpoint data set for each server in your installation. If<br />

you do this, however, an interrupted file transfer can be restarted from checkpoint<br />

on the same server only. The request originator of a file-transfer request must<br />

ensure this by specifying that the request can be processed only by one specific<br />

server.<br />

You must define the checkpoint data set before you can start any server.<br />

The Checkpoint Record<br />

Depending on the <strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> level of the requesting transfer program, a checkpoint<br />

record consists of the following information:<br />

<strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> V2.2 <strong>MVS</strong>, <strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong> for Workstations<br />

� Network ID of the requesting <strong>NetView</strong> <strong>FTP</strong><br />

� LU name of the requesting server<br />

� ID of the request queue<br />

� Request number<br />

� Name of the sending data set<br />

� Name of the receiving data set<br />

� Name of the sending transfer program<br />

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