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Downloading Enhanced HOLDDATA

BMC provides the Enhanced HOLDDATA in plain text (.txt) and binary compressed (.bin) formats. The files are present in the ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata directory.

You can download Enhanced HOLDDATA by using any of the following methods:

Related topic

Obtaining Enhanced HOLDDATA

Requesting RECEIVE ORDER via the web

You can download the same Enhanced HOLDDATA more than once. Download the file that will overlap the time from your last update of Enhanced HOLDDATA. For example, if you are downloading the Enhanced HOLDDATA on a weekly basis, download the file for the last month.

Available formats for downloading Enhanced HOLDDATA

Important

At times you might not be able to access the FTP site on your system's browser. If you are unable to access the FTP site, we recommend checking your browser settings to allow access.

We also recommend using the SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER to request Enhanced HOLDDATA. For more information, see Using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER.

File

Covers the last

Download

Plain text 1

Compressed 2

Month

30 days

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/month.txt

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/month.bin

Quarter

90 days

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/quarter.txt

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/quarter.bin

Year

365 days

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/year.txt

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/year.bin

Full

730 days

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/full.txt

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/full.bin

Yrs3

3 years

Not applicable

ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/yrs3.bin

1  The data set to which you upload the file on the mainframe must be set as RECFM=FB and LRECL=80.
2  The data set to which you upload the file on the mainframe must be set as RECFM=FB and LRECL=1024.

(Recommended) To use Windows File Explorer to download enhanced HOLDDATA

  1. Open File Explorer. You can open File Explorer by using one of the following options:
    • Click the Windows Start button and find the File Explorer menu.
    • Press the Windows logo key + E.
    • Select the folder icon on the taskbar.
  2. In the Quick access box, enter the ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata directory path and download the required file.

To use a web browser to download enhanced HOLDDATA

  1. From the previous table, click the name of the file that you want to download, and save the file.
  2. Upload the file to the mainframe system:

    • If you downloaded the compressed file, upload the file as binary data by using any file transfer facility. Use TRSMAIN to unpack the packed file into a data set.

    • If you downloaded the text file, upload the file as ASCII by using any file transfer facility.

Important

At times you might not be able to access the FTP site on your system's browser. We recommend checking your browser settings to allow access. 

To use the FTP command line to download enhanced HOLDDATA

  1. Go to the BMC ESD FTP site at ftp://ftp.bmc.com.
  2. Log on to the site anonymously.
  3. Change the directory to bmc/holddata.
  4. Obtain the appropriate file.

    For a list of the files, see the previous table.

To use an FTP batch file to download enhanced HOLDDATA

To download the Enhanced HOLDDATA directly to the mainframe, use the sample JCL in the following figure.


Tip

You can copy the JCL from the SampleFTP.txt file in the ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata directory.


Sample FTP batch JCL

//JOB_NAME JOB (ACCOUNT),'USER COMMENT',
//             CLASS=JOB_CLASS,MSGCLASS=MSG_CLASS,
//             REGION=0M,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//******************************************************
//* NOTE: use 'caps off' when editing
//* USE THIS SAMPLE BATCH FTP JOB TO RETRIEVE
//* ENHANCED HOLDDATA FROM BMC.
//* IF A PROXY IS REQUIRED, INSERT SITE-SPECIFIC VALUES
//* EXAMPLE:
//*   sample.proxy.company.com                  <===Your proxy info
//*   proxy_id proxy_pw                         <===Your proxy id/pw
//*   quote site ftp.bmc.com                    <===BMC ftp site
//*
//*  Note:  use input DD appropriate for file type 
//*         you are downloading
//******************************************************
//FTPGET EXEC PGM=FTP,REGION=5120K,
//            PARM='(timeout 720 exit=8'
//SYSMDUMP  DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT  DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT    DD SYSOUT=*
//OUTPUT    DD SYSOUT=*
//* SAMPLE INPUT DD FOR TEXT FILE
//INPUT     DD *
ftp.bmc.com
anonymous 
your_email@domain.com
cd bmc/holddata
locsite rec=fb lr=80 blk=6160
locsite cy pri=1 sec=1
locsite u=<unit>
locsite vol=<volume>
locsite stor=<smsstorageclass>
locsite mg=<smsmanagementclass>
locsite datac=<smsdataclass>
get bmc-holddata-file-name.txt +
    '<newdatasetname>'
quit
/*
//* SAMPLE INPUT DD FOR BINARY FILE
//
//INPUT     DD *
ftp.bmc.com
anonymous 
your_email@domain.com
binary
cd bmc/holddata
locsite rec=fb lr=1024 blk=27648
locsite cy pri=1 sec=1
locsite u=<unit>
locsite vol=<volume>
locsite stor=<smsstorageclass>
locsite mg=<smsmanagementclass>
locsite datac=<smsdataclass>
get bmc-holddata-file-name.bin +
    '<newdatasetname>'
quit
/*

To use SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER to download enhanced HOLDDATA

To download the Enhanced HOLDDATA, see Requesting RECEIVE ORDER via the web. 

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Comments

  1. Vivekanandan R

    Unable to download the plain text or Compressed file from the link provided.

    redirects to the below error

    This site can’t be reachedThe webpage at ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata/full.txt might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_NO_SUPPORTED_PROXIES

    Nov 12, 2020 05:43
    1. Dov Kaiser

      Hi, Vivekanandan. Thanks for contacting us. We have forwarded your input to the writer who is responsible for this content.

      Nov 12, 2020 05:52
    1. Dov Kaiser

      Hi, Vivekanandan. The full.txt file should now be available at ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata. 

      Nov 12, 2020 06:30
  2. Mark Walker

    Unable to see holddata folder (or any folder) in ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc

    Has this now moved?

    Oct 18, 2021 06:40
    1. Dov Kaiser

      Hi, Mark. Thank you for your question. I have forwarded it to the writer responsible for this content.

      Oct 18, 2021 09:24
    1. Dov Kaiser

      Hi, Mark. Please try using the following hyperlink: ftp://ftp.bmc.com/bmc/holddata

      Oct 19, 2021 12:39
  3. Sandeep Hada

    Unable to save holddata, getting below error message

    The download cannot be saved because an unknown error occurred. Please try again.

    Dec 23, 2021 02:55
    1. Sandeep Hada

      Tried in all the browser and different devices.

      Dec 23, 2021 02:55
      1. Dov Kaiser

        Hi, Sandeep. I'm sorry to hear that you're unable to save HOLDDATA. I have forwarded this case to our developers.

        Dec 23, 2021 03:11
    1. Dov Kaiser

      Hi, Sandeep. You are correct that the FTP site is not accessible in Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. You can either use Internet Explorer or Windows File Explorer. You can also use RECEIVE ORDER: https://docs.bmc.com/docs/is/en/requesting-receive-order-via-the-web-959299260.html. 

      Dec 27, 2021 03:04
      1. Sandeep Hada

        Thank you Dov, its working fine with internet explorer.

        Dec 30, 2021 02:18
  4. Mark Dean

    I hope to be helpful by mentioning that there is in EDGE an option to use Internet Explorer mode. Using it, Internet Explorer functionality can be used until at least 2029. You can reload a web site that is open in Edge. In my reading, I saw that a link to a web site can be right clicked to specify Internet Explorer mode.

    Dec 27, 2021 10:27
  5. Gerhard Riha

    If you are having problems downloading via browser or file explorer because of local security and access restrictions, you can also try to use the ftp command on your pc with the following instructions. Please pay attention to type all letters in lower case!:

    1. Type cmd in the search text box and press Enter to get to the command prompt. Your local userdirectory should show up ending with >

    2. Type ftp ftp.bmc.com and press Enter. You get a response from our FTP-Server ending with asking you for username.

    3. Type anonymous and press Enter. You will be asked for a Password, which can be left blank or you can enter your email address. After pressing Enter again, you will get a message "230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply", what is ok.

    4. Type cd bmc/holddata and press Enter. You will see a Message ending with command successful

    5. Type recv full.txt and press Enter. Your file ( full enhanced holddata ) will be downloaded into you local directory ending with message xxx Bytes received )

    6. Type bye and press Enter. This ends the ftp session. You will see you pc command prompt again.

    7. Type type full.txt and press Enter so see the file content.

    Instead of the full.txt you can also receive all other provided files ( month.txt, quarter.txt, year.txt ).

    If nothing of that can help you, then i recommend to download the file via host ftp.

    Sep 09, 2022 02:28

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