22 FTP on the IBM i

This chapter provides instructions on setting up FTP on your IBM i Enterprise Server for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Using FTP is an alternate method to transfer the unwrapped .jar file from a Microsoft Windows-machine to the IBM i machine.

This chapter includes the following tasks:

• Section 22.1, "Setting up FTP on the IBM i"

• Section 22.2, "Starting the FTP Server"

• Section 22.3, "Copying assembly.dat to the IBM i IFS Directory (optional)"

22.1 Setting up FTP on the IBM i

1. Use the AS\400 Operations Navigator to open your IBM i machine node and navigate to Network > Servers > TCP\IP.

2. If the DDM server is not already started, you can manually start it using the Operations Navigator. In the right-hand pane of the Operations Navigator, in the Server Name column, highlight DDM, right-click, and choose Start.

3. Configure the FTP server. In the right-hand pane of the Operations Navigator, in the Server Name column, highlight the FTP server, right click, and choose Properties.

4. On FTP Properties, select the Initial Formats tab.

5. With the Initial Formats tab selected, ensure the following checkboxes are enabled:

   Checkbox	Description
   File naming format	Path
   Working directory	Use user's home directory
   File listing format	UNIX listing format

   
   

6. Click OK to save the changes and exit the FTP Properties.

22.2 Starting the FTP Server

1. Use the AS\400 Operations Navigator to open your IBM i machine node and navigate to Network > Servers > TCP\IP.

2. In the right-hand pane of the Operations Navigator, highlight FTP, right click, and choose Start.

22.3 Copying assembly.dat to the IBM i IFS Directory (optional)

If you are not able to copy the install image from your Windows client to your IBM i because the assembly.dat file is too large, alternatively you can use FTP to transfer that file into the IFS directory.

On the Microsoft Windows client where you ran the IBM i Wrapper install:

1. Start a command window (Run | cmd), then enter this command:

   ftp machine_name
   

   where machine_name is the name of your IBM i machine.

   Enter a valid IBM i user and password when prompted to do so.

2. To indicate you want to use the IFS instead of the standard file system on the IBM i, enter this command:

   cd \
   

   Note:

   This command specifies you want to put files into the IFS without changing any system settings on your IBM i, as would be the case if you entered a quote site namefmt 1 command.

3. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, drill down to the assembly.dat file in your install image on the Microsoft Windows client.

   For example, the assembly.dat file might be in a location similar to this:

   d:\disk1\install\data\E910-3ffd45216a0d2fb17cd87deda05\9.1.000

4. In the command window type this command (but do not press Enter):

   lcd
   

   Note:

   Do not press Enter at this point. Continue with the steps below to finish populating the lcd command.

5. Drag the location of the assembly.dat from Microsoft Windows Explorer results from Step 3 into the command window to append the lcd command begun in Step 4, and then press Enter to execute the lcd command.

   Your completed command will look similar to this:

   lcd d:\disk1\install\data\E910-3ffd45216a0d2fb17cd87deda05\9.1.000
   

6. In the command window type this command (but do not press Enter):

   cd
   

   Note:

   Do not press Enter at this point. Continue with the steps below to finish populating the cd command.

7. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, copy the location of the assembly.dat on the Microsoft Windows box from the Address bar and paste the results to append the cd command.

   Your completed command will look similar to this:

   cd address_copied_from_Windows_Explorer
   

8. In the command window, enter this command:

   bin
   

9. In the command window, enter this command:

   put assembly.dat
   

10. Using Microsoft Windows Explorer, verify that the size and number of files match in the Microsoft Windows install image and the IBM i install image.