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2 About Data Exchange Operations
This chapter describes how Data Exchange operates in typical system configurations and describes
the operations a user may perform using Data Exchange.
• Components , page 15
• FCU File Transfer Options , page 20
• FXmto Operations , page 26
• FXotm Operations , page 31
• FXoto Operations , page 35
• Host Access and I/O Contention , page 36
• Bidirectional Data Transfer , page 37
• AIX Shared Open Function , page 38
• Retry Reserved-Volume Function , page 38
• Get Detail Traces Function , page 42
• Interval Function for OtM Transfer Completion (Linux) , page 46
Components
Figure 1 on page 16 illustrates the typical system configurations for FXmto and FXotm operations.
FXmto/otm operations are performed using the FCU and FAL, which are installed on the open-system
hosts.
Figure 2 on page 16 illustrates the typical system configurations required for FXoto operations, which
are performed using the Formatter (FMT) and Allocater (ALC) utilities in addition to FCU and FAL.
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