Using interactive SFTP to PUT files on mft.bmc.com

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Using interactive SFTP to PUT files on mft.bmc.com
This procedure requires OpenSSH to be configured to allow connections to mft.bmc.com using the OMVS shell and the /bin/sftp command.
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Can I use interactive SFTP to transmit case files to mft.bmc.com?
The following procedure assumes that you have already configured OpenSSH to allow sftp connections to mft.bmc.com.
  1. Use "TSO OMVS" to access the unix prompt.
  2. Use "ls -al /tmp" to confirm you have access to the tmp folder:
    • lrwxrwxrwx   1 BPXROOT  1             12 Nov  6  2019 /tmp -> $SYSNAME/tmp
  3. Copy your z/OS mainframe dataset to the /tmp folder:
    • cp "//'HLQ.DUMP.TRS'" /tmp/98765421.dump.trs
  4. Confirm that the copy was successful:
    • ls -al /tmp/98765421.dump.trs
    • -rw-r--r--   1 HCACDD0  DBSW     1208154112 Feb 24 13:32 /tmp/98765421.dump.trs
  5. Use sftp command to login to mft.bmc.com:
    • sftp name@company.com@bmc.com@mft.bmc.com 990
      • FOTS1754 password                                                    
      • FOTS1754 Enter password for name@company.com                 
      • Password:                                                            
      • Connected to mft.bmc.com.   
  6. Create new directory using the case number and change to that directory:
    • sftp> mkdir 98765421                                                 
    • sftp> ls -al                                                         
      • drwxrwxrwx 1 0        0                  0 Feb 24 11:55 98765421     
    • sftp> cd 98765421    
  7. Choose the mode for the file transfer:
    • sftp> binary                          
      • Sets the file transfer type to binary.
  8. Put the file from the /tmp directory to mft.bmc.com:
    • sftp> put /tmp/98765421.dump.trs 98765421.dump.trs   
      • Uploading /tmp/98765421.dump.trs to 98765421.dump.trs
      • /tmp/98765421.dump.trs    100% 1152MB 631.9KB/s   31:07
  9. Confirm the file was transferred successfuly:
    • sftp> ls -al 98765421.dump.trs
      • -rwxrwxrwx 1 0        0         1208154112 Feb 24 13:12 98765421.dump.trs
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