Openft V12.1 Concepts and Functions
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English FUJITSU Software openFT V12.1 Concepts and Functions User Guide * July 2017 Comments… Suggestions… Corrections… The User Documentation Department would like to know your opinion on this manual. Your feedback helps us to optimize our documentation to suit your individual needs. Feel free to send us your comments by e-mail to: [email protected]. Certified documentation according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 To ensure a consistently high quality standard and user-friendliness, this documentation was created to meet the regulations of a quality management system which complies with the requirements of the standard DIN EN ISO 9001:2015. Copyright and Trademarks Copyright © 2020 Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH. All rights reserved. Delivery subject to availability; right of technical modifications reserved. All hardware and software names used are trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Table of Contents Concepts and Functions . 8 1 Preface . 9 1.1 Brief description of the product . 10 1.2 Target group . 11 1.3 Concept of openFT manuals . 12 1.4 Changes since the last version . 14 1.4.1 Changes for all platforms . 15 1.4.2 Changes for Unix and Windows platforms . 17 1.4.3 Changes for Unix platforms . 18 1.4.4 Changes for BS2000 systems and z/OS . 19 1.4.5 Changes for z/OS . 20 1.4.6 New functions that are only available in the openFT Explorer . 21 1.5 Notational conventions . 22 1.6 README files and internet . 23 2 openFT - the Managed File Transfer . 24 2.1 Heterogeneous computer systems . 26 2.1.1 File conversion . 27 2.1.2 openFT product range . 28 2.2 Heterogeneous networks . 29 2.2.1 The OSI reference model . 30 2.2.2 Position of the openFT product family in the OSI Reference Model . 32 2.2.3 openFT partners . 33 2.2.4 FTAM partners . 34 2.2.5 FTP partners . 35 2.3 Transferring files . 36 2.3.1 Specifying the transfer start time . 37 2.3.2 Controlling the duration of a request . 38 2.3.3 Request queue . 39 2.3.4 Automatic restart . 40 2.4 File management . 41 2.5 Remote command execution . 42 2.6 Automation . 43 2.6.1 File transfer with preprocessing, postprocessing and follow-up processing . 44 2.6.1.1 Preprocessing and postprocessing . 45 2.6.1.2 Follow-up processing . 46 2.6.2 Program interfaces . 47 2.6.3 openFT script interface on Unix and Windows systems . 48 2.6.4 Job variables in BS2000 systems . 49 2.6.5 Automated further processing of openFT data . 50 2.7 Secure operation . 51 2.7.1 The FTAC function . 52 2.7.1.1 Features of the FTAC function . 53 2.7.1.2 Admission set . 55 2.7.1.3 Admission profile (FT profile) . 56 2.7.2 Encryption for file transfer requests and file management requests . 58 2.7.3 Logging openFT operations - the logging function . 59 2.7.4 Authentication . 60 2.8 Using openFT in a cluster or HIPLEX/Sysplex composite . 61 3 Partner concept . 62 3.1 Partner list . 63 3.1.1 Partner addresses . 64 3.1.2 Partner types . 65 3.2 FTAC security levels for partner entries . 67 3.3 Outbound and inbound deactivation of named partners . 68 3.4 Serialization of asynchronous outbound requests . 69 3.5 Prioritization of partners . 70 3.6 Using PCMX and TNS in Unix and Windows systems . 71 4 File transfer and file management . 72 4.1 File names . 73 4.1.1 Unique file names for receive files . 74 4.1.2 BS2000 file names . 75 4.1.3 File names in Unix systems . 77 4.1.4 Windows file names . 78 4.1.5 z/OS file names . 79 4.2 File passwords . 83 4.3 File types . 84 4.3.1 BS2000 files . 85 4.3.2 z/OS files . 86 4.3.3 Unix and Windows files . 87 4.3.4 FTAM files . 89 4.3.5 Transfer of various file types . 90 4.3.6 Transferring directories (Unix and Windows systems) . 95 4.3.7 Migrated files . 96 4.4 Transferring 7-bit, 8-bit and Unicode files . 97 4.4.1 Code tables and coded character sets (CCS) . 98 4.4.2 Specifying the CCS on a transfer request . 99 4.4.3 Data conversion . 100 4.4.4 XHCS support by openFT on BS2000 systems . 102 4.4.4 XHCS support by openFT on BS2000 systems . 102 4.5 Character code support for file names and commands on Unix and Windows.