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  • 1.  zPDT Sysplex Extension 2020 - syspext_8386-02_tar.gz broken

    Posted Mon December 21, 2020 11:45 AM

    Hello,

    I'm trying to install a Basic Sysplex.

    The Redbook "zPDT Sysplex Extensions - 2020" indicates that a file has to be downloaded.

    On the page http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248386.html?Open we are redirected to the corresponding file.

    I downloaded the file syspext_8386-02_tar.gz from ftp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG248386

    During the download the speed is reduced to about 1Byte/second.

    The downloaded file appears to be broken.

    I get the following error message if I try to extract it:

    tar -xzvf syspext_8386-02_tar.gz
    B4PAGX
    B4PAGY
    B4PAGZ
    B4SYS2
    CF0001
    CICS01
    DB2001

    gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
    tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
    tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
    tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

    Have you any advice for me



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    Michael Gerber
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  • 2.  RE: zPDT Sysplex Extension 2020 - syspext_8386-02_tar.gz broken

    Posted Tue December 22, 2020 05:44 AM
    Edited by Rod Tue December 22, 2020 08:35 AM

    Michael,  I got a little better download speeds (30KiB/s vs 10 KiB/s) using an ftp client (like filezilla) rather than downloading from a web browser,  plus the option to resume the transfer if it failed.

    It did complete the download, even though it took over an hour to download the file.

    Perhaps the service was having issues when you tried,  could you try again now?



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    Rod
    Penarth
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  • 3.  RE: zPDT Sysplex Extension 2020 - syspext_8386-02_tar.gz broken

    Posted Tue December 22, 2020 10:38 AM

    I have downloaded the file via filezilla and it works now.

    Thank you Rod



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    Michael Gerber
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  • 4.  RE: zPDT Sysplex Extension 2020 - syspext_8386-02_tar.gz broken

    Posted Tue December 22, 2020 10:50 AM

    No problem Michael - glad you got it sorted



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    Rod
    Penarth
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