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About This Document >>     Installing SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS >>     Using SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS >>         Configuration Files>>         Running the Server >>         Setting Up a Shell User>>         Running Client Programs>>         Handling MVS Datasets and HFS File System Access>>             Dataset and HFS File System Access             Dataset Access Using DD Cards             Controlling the File Transfer             Staging         Listing Datasets with SFTP Clients>>     Configuring the Server >>     Configuring the Client >>     Authentication >>     Troubleshooting SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS >>     Examples of Use >>     Man Pages >>     Log Messages >>

Staging

The current Secure Shell protocol, as implemented in third-party products and current SSH Tectia versions, is designed for Unix files which are byte streams. MVS datasets are record-based. They must be staged before sending or destaged after they have been received. Staging copies a dataset into byte stream format and may also convert the character set. Destaging transforms a byte stream into a file format and may also convert the character set. Only HFS files that do not need character set conversion do not need to be staged.

Coming versions of SSH Tectia for z/OS and other platforms will transfer MVS datasets directly without the need for staging.

Offline staging stores the byte stream as an HFS file. Online staging places the byte stream in virtual storage when the file is transferred. SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS includes a utility program, ssh-sft-stage, for offline staging and destaging. STAGE is a sample of JCL for running the staging utility located in SAMPLIB (shown below).

STAGE:

//STAGE EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01, // DYNAMNBR=75, // TIME=100, // REGION=6M //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTERM DD DUMMY //SYSUADS DD DSN=SYS1.UADS,DISP=SHR //SYSLBC DD DSN=SYS1.BRODCAST,DISP=SHR //STDOUT DD PATH='/home/&SYSUID./stage_stdout', // PATHOPTS=(OWRONLY,OCREAT,OTRUNC), // PATHMODE=SIRWXU //STDERR DD PATH='/home/&SYSUID./stage_stderr', // PATHOPTS=(OWRONLY,OCREAT,OTRUNC), // PATHMODE=SIRWXU //STDENV DD DSN=&SYSUID..SSZ.SAMPLIB(SSHENV), // DISP=SHR //PROGLI DD DSN=&SYSUID..TEST.C.LIST, // DISP=SHR //SYSTSIN DD * BPXBATSL PGM /usr/lpp/ssh2/sbin/ssh-sft-stage + -v + -i /FTADV:F=LINE,D=IBM-1047,C=ISO8859-1/+ //DD:PROGLI + -s /tmp/stage.tmp ALLOCATE FILE(PROUT1) DA(*) LRECL(252) RECFM(V,B) REUSE ALLOCATE FILE(PRERR1) DA(*) LRECL(252) RECFM(V,B) REUSE OCOPY INDD(STDOUT) OUTDD(PROUT1) TEXT PATHOPTS(OVERRIDE) OCOPY INDD(STDERR) OUTDD(PRERR1) TEXT PATHOPTS(OVERRIDE) /*

The SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS server program will use online staging automatically if a dataset cannot be transferred directly. Online staging is more convenient and, for small files, more efficient.

Offline staging incurs the overhead of writing the byte stream to disk and reading it. Online staging, for large files, will page out most of the byte stream and will page it in again. Online staging does not support files that are larger than 2 GB.

The SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS client programs support native MVS dataset reading and writing and do not require staging. Offline staging is still needed if a file is transferred to an MVS server and the size of the file is larger than 2 GB. To use offline staging, you must run the ssh-sft-stage utility as a separate step.