RA-FTP: File Transfer to z/OS using wildcards as source and GDG as destination not working.

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Error Message :
550 Mismatched quotes on pathname 'UC4SCJ.GDG.TEST(+1)'/last-error.xml

An RA-FTP File Transfer (FT) to z/OS using wildcards as source and GDG as destination does not work.

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The following error messages will be found:
 

2016-02-24 12:44:32 0 files transferred, 1 not processed -
550 Mismatched quotes on pathname 'UC4SCJ.GDG.TEST(+1)'/last-error.xml
 
com.uc4.ftpjob.DataTransferException: Unable to open file 'UC4SCJ.GDG.TEST(+1)'/last-error.xml for output on system CONN.FTP.SVIEZOS01.
...
Caused by: com.uc4.ftpjob.DataTransferException: 550 Mismatched quotes on pathname 'UC4SCJ.GDG.TEST(+1)'/last-error.xml
...

2016-02-24 12:44:32 Command aborted with error message: Unable to open file 'UC4SCJ.GDG.TEST(+1)'/last-error.xml for output on system CONN.FTP.SVIEZOS01. 550 Mismatched quotes on pathname 'UC4SCJ.GDG.TEST(+1)'/last-error.xml

 
The job tries to create a file 'UC4SCJ.GDG.TEST(+1)'/last-error.xml what is of course not possible. The FT job ends OK though in the report you find this error.
 
 

Environment

OS: Z/OS
OS Version: N/A

Cause

Cause type:
By design
Root Cause: This is not an issue of our ftp agent, but of z/OS. I.e., the ftp-server on z/OS side must be able to handle mput with multiple files. In this case, you can use the free form, but with our RA FTP it is not possible.

Resolution

Call the File Transfer from another object, for example from an SCRI with:

:SET &HND# = PREP_PROCESS_FILENAME("VWGSUP11","c:\TEMP\last*",,,,,,'UC_LOGIN=LOGIN.JAC')
:PROCESS &HND# : RSET &LINE# = GET_PROCESS_LINE(&HND#) : PRINT &LINE# : set &res# = ACTIVATE_UC_OBJECT('JOBS.FTPAGENT.FTPJOB.ZOS.JAC.NEW.1',,,,,PASS_VALUES)
:ENDPROCESS

And in the FTP job you use &LINE# as the source path. So, for each found file a file transfer is done.

Fix Status: No Fix

Fix Version(s):
N/A

Additional Information

Workaround :
N/A