To avoid any translation issues, you must transfer the data between systems in binary
You must know the userid and password of the z/VM guest holding the data and the minidisk address where that data is, if not on the default address of 191
You must know the multi-read password of the minidisk where the data is located.
This example retrieves MONITOR data from a z/VM user called monw where the files are on the minidisk with address 200. The quote ACCT command provides the multi-read password for that minidisk.
FTP <ip.address> or <dns name>
USER monw <password>
cd monw.200 Minidisk address of the data
bin Ensure binary transfer occurs
quote ACCT <multi-read-password> Multi read pw for monw.200
site FIX 4096
locsite RECFM=F LRECL=4096
get A100407.T035137 <zOS dataset name> or //DD:<ddname in JCL>
quitYou can use a similar approach to retrieving Velocity Software data files for processing under z/OS. These data files contain variable blocked records, so the ‘site’ and ‘locsite’ parameters above will need changing to match this. Check the file attributes in z/VM for the correct values.