To upload snap to IBM:

How to upload snap to IBM,

when we've any hardware or software issue, we raise a case with IBM, 

like sosreport in LINUX systems, we've snap in AIX,

First, we need to call IBM vendor for any kind of assistance and they ask us to upload the snap,

To generate snap, IBM vendor will provide you the commands to upload the data.

---> For SW snap:

ftp ftp.ecurep.ibm.com

# /usr/local/bin/sftp anonymous@sftp.ecurep.ibm.com 

sftp> cd /toibm/aix 

/toibm/aix 

sftp> bin, hash, prompt

File transfer mode is now binary. 

sftp> put A1F9FBF_snap.pax.Z 

sftp> ls 

sftp> bye 

--->For HW snap:

sftp> cd /toibm/hw

/toibm/hw

sftp> pwd

/toibm/hw

sftp> bin

File transfer mode is now binary.

sftp> put 866019KFZN.snap.pax.Z

866019KFZN.snap.pax.Z                                                                                                       |  5.4MB |   1.2MiB/s | TOC: 00:00:04 | 100%

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