Downloading Enhanced HOLDDATA
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
File | Covers the last | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|
Plain text 1 | Compressed 2 | ||
Month | 30 days | ||
Quarter | 90 days | ||
Year | 365 days | ||
Full | 730 days | ||
Yrs3 | 3 years | Not applicable | |
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
- 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.
- 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
- From the previous table, click the name of the file that you want to download, and save the file.
- 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.
To use the FTP command line to download enhanced HOLDDATA
- Go to the BMC ESD FTP site at ftp://ftp.bmc.com.
- Log on to the site anonymously.
- Change the directory to bmc/holddata.
- 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.
Sample FTP batch JCL
// 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.