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Download Files to Mainframe through a PC

If you download pax or zip files from CA Support Online to your PC, use this procedure to upload the pax file from your PC to your z/OS USS directory.

Follow these steps:

1. Follow the procedures in How the Pax-Enhanced ESD Download Works to download the product pax or zip file to your PC. If you download a zip file, first unzip the file to use the product pax files.

   The pax or zip file resides on your PC.

2. Open a Windows command prompt.

   The command prompt appears.

3. Customize and enter the FTP commands with the following changes:
   • Replace mainframe with the IP address of the z/OS system or DNS name.
   • Replace userid with your z/OS user ID.
   • Replace password with your z/OS password.
   • Replace C:\PC\folder\for\thePAXfile with the location of the pax file on your PC.
   • Replace yourUSSESDdirectory with the name of the USS directory that you use for ESD downloads.
   • Replace paxfile.pax.Z with the name of the pax file to upload.

   The pax file is transferred to the mainframe.