ArcGIS Server .NET Help - Transferring files to IBM z/OS for ArcSDE setup

To use ArcSDE on DB2 version 9.1 for z/OS system, you must transfer a dataset—ESRIOBJ.XMIT—to the target z/OS system. ESRIOBJ.XMIT contains images of programs that must be link-edited into load libraries on z/OS. The following steps are required to accomplish this setup:

Steps:

Log into a SYSADM user account ID on the z/OS system.
Upload the dataset to the z/OS system using ftp.

The data is in Time Sharing Option/Extension (TSO/E) Transmit/Receive format and must be uploaded to the z/OS using a BINARY transfer.
Assuming ftp is used for the transfer, the dataset must eventually be defined on z/OS with these characteristics:
```
RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120
```
Typically, ftp systems are setup such that for any data that is received and results in a new dataset, the resultant new dataset is not in the required format. However, that can be changed by using ftp commands. The command to ftp from Windows is
```
quote site recfm=fb lrecl=80 blksize=3120
```
If you are logged onto the z/OS and pull the files using ftp, the command is
```
locsite recfm=fm lrecl=80 blksize=3120
```
Note:

Be sure the ftp is in binary mode and type the command appropriate to your operating system.
The dataset must be TSO/E RECEIVED by a user account on the z/OS system. Log onto a SYSADM user account ID on the z/OS system and open option 6 (the command panel) of Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF).
The dataset that you uploaded is named ESRIOBJ.XMIT, so issue the following TSO/E command to receive the dataset:
```
RECEIVE INDA('SYSADM.ESRIOBJ.XMIT')
```
A prompt for specification of dataset creation overrides is returned for this command. If you do not provide any overrides, the dataset will be created under the high-level qualifier (HLQ) of the user ID with which you logged in.

You should now have a dataset in SCR03: <user>.ESRI.OBJLIB.
Review the name of the dataset. If it is correct, it is to be referenced in the ESRI UDF installation job that must now be uploaded to z/OS, edited, and run on z/OS. See Creating a geodatabase in DB2 on z/OS for information.

11/18/2013