MDRCVRMT - Receive RFP/Settings from a Remote Location
If firewall rules are in place that don't allow in-bound communication for the transfer of files, but out-bound communication is allowed, then MDRCVRMT can be used to receive RFPs or settings that are staged on another partition.
The sending system needs to be configured so that distribution method SFF (save-file containing full MDCMS information) is used for this Location ID to place the RFP or settings in a specified IFS folder.
This partition (the receiving location) needs to be configured to listen for save files in the remote IFS folder using distribution method FTP (IBM Native FTP) or MDF (MDCMS FTP client). To do this, configure the remote location in the OS/400 Locations settings and take the following steps:
- MDCMS
- 1=MDCMS Setup Menu
- 13=Services
- Option 2=Edit for Service MDRCVRMT
- F10=More Settings
- F6=Add and then enter the Location ID of the location to pull from as well as the full path of the remote IFS folder where the save-files are staged on the location to pull from.
Service MDRCVRMT - MDCMS Receive RFPs from Remote Locs is then used to check for, and process, staged RFP or settings files for each location defined in the MDRCVRMT settings list.
MDRCVRMT can be started from the Service List in the MDCMS Setup Menu, but it is recommended to be started from a scheduled job using command MDRCVRMT.
MDRCVRMT Parameters
| Option / Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Environment ID | The name of the MDCMS instance (or suffix) - *DFT refers to MDCMS being used in library MDCMS. For a different library suffix, this would be entered for the environment ID. |
| Submit Job | *YES - a job named MDRRMT(env) will be submitted to the entered Job Queue *NO - the MDRCVRMT process will run within the current job |
| Job Queue | *DFT - submit to the queue defined for the MDRCVRMT service *JOBD - submit to the default queue for the running job profile The name of the job queue to submit MDRCVRMT to |
| Job Queue Library | The library of the job queue to submit MDRCVRMT to or *LIBL if the job queue is located in the current library list |
| Delay between Checks | *DFT - the default number of seconds between checking the IFS folder for candidates that is defined for the MDRCVRMT service The number of seconds to wait between checks (1-9999) |
| Time of Day to auto-end Job | *DFT - end at the time defined for the MDRCVRMT service *NEVER - the MDRCVRMT job shouldn't end automatically - it should run until the job is forcibly ended. A specific time to end in format HH:MM:SS |