SAVF FTP on AS400 LAN: 504 Binary image transfer required for save files

I'm trying to do a AS400 to AS400 FTP of a SAVF within the same LAN. However, I'm getting a message of 504 Binary...

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image transfer is required for save files. What do I do?

Use the FTP subcommand BIN to set up for a Binary image transfer…

In this example I'm connecting to a system named S17.gasco.com, signing on as user KEG, and issuing the "bin" command:

Connecting to host S17.gasco.com

220-QTCP at S17.gasco.com.

220 Connection will close if idle more than 5 minutes

> keg

331 Enter password.

********

230 KEG logged on.

OS/400 is the remote operating system.

250  Now using naming format "0".

257 "KENNETH" is current library.

> bin

 200 Representation type is binary IMAGE. 


Now you can send a binary representation of an iSeries *SAVF…

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How to clear expired BRMS created *SAVF files from System i Use the STRMNTBRM command to expire a *SAVF on the day it is scheduled to be expired and delete an expired *SAVF if it has already been saved to tape via the SAVSAVFBRM command. If an expired *SAVF will never be saved to tape, delete it by running the SAVSAVFBRM command and specifying the name of the control group that created it.

SAVF by FTP on AS/400 -- error "source file not found" On the AS/400, if you don't specify the correct commands on the "source" system to locate the source file, you will get the source file not found error when you try to use FTP. Ken Graap provides an example of using FTP to transfer a save file from a source system to a target system.

Transferring data via FTP on AS/400 systems Using the iSeries' built in FTP server to transfer data between two AS/400 systems is explained, with step-by-step instructions.

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