FIX: You cannot send files from an FTP server to BizTalk Server 2010 by using the FTP adapter when you specify a temporary folder as an absolute path

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

You use the FTP adapter to transfer files from an FTP server to Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010.
You specify a temporary folder location as an absolute path for the files, and the target folder path is configured on the FTP send port for BizTalk Server 2010. For example, the port is configured as follows:
Folder: /home/abc/in
Target Filename: TO%MessageID%
Temporary folder: /Tmp
You try to send files from the FTP server to BizTalk Server 2010.

In this scenario, the FTP adapter cannot send the files. Additionally, failure information that resembles the following is logged in the FTP logs:

> STOR {82868267-a2d1-4ba8-bc20-d880aa5ef5d6}
< 150 Ok to send data.
< 226 File receive OK.
> RNFR {82868267-a2d1-4ba8-bc20-d880aa5ef5d6}
< 350 Ready for RNTO.
> RNTO /home/abc/in//home/abc/in/TO{5E044D59-CE73-4EFE-BBAF-8A30F39D1336}
< 550 Rename failed.

Note This issue does not occur in BizTalk Server 2009.

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Cause

This issue occurs because the default location of the root directory is appended repeatedly.

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Resolution

Cumulative update information

For BizTalk Server 2010

The hotfix that resolves this issue is included in cumulative update package for BizTalk Server 2010.

For more information about how to obtain the cumulative update package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2855367 Cumulative update package 6 for BizTalk Server 2010

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