Items to check

Ensure that we have enough disk space, a directory for storing data, and that the requisite files exist.

Check you have enough disk space

Check that we have enough disk space available on the file system where we are going to store the configuration specific files.

If an agent trace is enabled then by default it can use 100 MB of disk space.

The configuration files themselves are small, only a few KB in size.

If we are planing on using two agents and a logger then we need at least 300 MB. We can use the command df -k path, where path is the location of the installation specific files. This gives the available and total space in KB.

300 MB is 307,200 KB so we should allow for at least 310,000 KB

Create and check the directory for storing Managed File Transfer data

You need a directory for storing the Managed File Transfer (MFT) data.

Check you have enough space in the file system df -k /var. This file system should have at least 310,000 KB available.

If we have not created this file system, use the mkdir command; for example mkdir /var/mft.

Display what permissions users have on this directory, using the command ls -ltrd /var/mft.

If the owner or group is not correct, use the command chown owner:group /var/mft.

If permissions for the group are not correct, use the following command to give the owner and the group read, write, and execute permissions. Note that the following command also gives all users read and execute permissions chmod 775 /var/mft.

Check the files exist and you have access to them

Use the ls -ltr command for the files we will be using during customization. For example:

ls -ltrd /java/java71_bit64_GA/J7.1_64/bin

gives

drwxr-xr-x  4 SYSTASK TSOUSER   8192 Nov 15 2013 /java/java71_bit64_GA/J7.1_64/bin

where the drwxr-xr-x means

d

This is a directory.

rwx

The owner SYSTASK has read, write and execute access to the directory.

r-x

People in the group TSOUSER can read and execute files in the directory.

r-x

Universal access, that is, anyone can read or execute files in the directory.

Check the files specified in:

Path	Access required by users doing the configuration
BFG_JAVA_HOME	Read and execute
/tmp	Read and write
BFG_PROD	Read
BFG_DATA	Write
MQ_PATH	Read

Parent topic: Configure Managed File Transfer for z/OS

Related concepts

• Before you start
• Common MFT for z/OS configurations