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Download using FTPS or SFTP

Downloading using FTP or SFTP is useful if you do not want the download to be on the browser’s system. In this case, the option “Download using bulk FTPS/SFTP” can be selected and confirmed by clicking on the “Continue” button.

IBM Fix Central - download using FTPs or SFTP
IBM Fix Central - download using FTPs or SFTP

A dialog appears to confirm the IBM license terms. A download can only take place if the license terms are accepted by pressing the “I agree” button.

IBM Fix Central - license agreement for download of an iFix
IBM Fix Central - license agreement for download of an iFix

After confirming the license terms, the download will be made available by IBM. To do this, the server for the download is specified under “Fix package location” (in the example delivery04.dhe.ibm.com) and a user ID and password.

Note: The selected software must be downloaded within the next 72 hours.

IBM Fix Central - FTPs/SFTP download location informations
IBM Fix Central - FTPs/SFTP download location informations

The information displayed for the download can then be used on any system for downloading via FTP or SFTP:

$ sftp rjdHuJjj@delivery04.dhe.ibm.com
rjdHuJjj@delivery04.dhe.ibm.com's password: ro7IkOyyldANEcn
Connected to delivery04.dhe.ibm.com.
sftp> ls
MF70632.dd.xml MF70632.pd.sdd MF70632.readme.html MF70632.txt MF70632_ppc.iso 
sftp> mget *
Fetching /MF70632.dd.xml to MF70632.dd.xml
/MF70632.dd.xml 100% 3984 53.7KB/s 00:00 
Fetching /MF70632.pd.sdd to MF70632.pd.sdd
/MF70632.pd.sdd 100% 2534 36.2KB/s 00:00 
Fetching /MF70632.readme.html to MF70632.readme.html
/MF70632.readme.html 100% 8562 115.5KB/s 00:00 
Fetching /MF70632.txt to MF70632.txt
/MF70632.txt 100% 3840 52.2KB/s 00:00 
Fetching /MF70632_ppc.iso to MF70632_ppc.iso
/MF70632_ppc.iso 100% 4475MB 5.4MB/s 13:45 
sftp> bye
$