Configure Network Routes for Transferring Software Package Delivery

The Software Delivery registered packages need to be transferred from one machine to another for distribution, deployment, or staging jobs. Package transfer from one machine to another uses the following technologies:

Data Transport Service ( DTS )
File Transfer Pug-in.

When a SD Package is transferred between the following nodes, only DTS technology is used:

Enterprise Manager to Domain Manager
Domain Manager to Enterprise Manager
Domain Manager to Scalability Server
Domain Manager to DTS Agent with DTS as download method

The given DTS transfer combinations are on wide-area network (WAN) and customers may want to define special network routes for package transfer. CA Client Automation earlier used Worldview CCS component like 2D map for achieving the same functionality. From the current release, CA Client Automation will have in-house capability of defining the routes between two machines or set of machines when using DTS technology for transfer along with extended route properties.

Consider a use case when a network administrator wants to distribute a package from Enterprise Manager to the Domain Managers in different geographical locations. The package will generally be transferred from one continent to others. As a network administrator or CA Client Automation administrator, you would like to configure the routing nodes for the packages to be transferred from enterprise manager to each of the domain manager, which will otherwise be a point to point transfer. In addition to the routes, you may also like to configure properties such as best route, alternative routes, protocols, throttle size, maximum parcel size and so on.

For customizing the transfer routes, you must configure them first in CA Client Automation. Configure the domain manager or enterprise manager to follow specific routes and properties.

Follow these steps:

Only on Enterprise Manager and Domain Manager:

Navigate to Control Panel, Configuration, and the configuration policy applied on the manager machine.
Navigate to Data Transport Service (DTS), Transfer Object Server and set the parameter “Use CCNF Hop links” to true.
Restart a DTS component to pick up these new settings using the following commands:
1. Caf stop dtstos
2. Caf start dtstos
3. caf stop dtsnos
4. caf start dtsnos

Define the details of the network paths that CA Client Automation might use in transfer of the packages. DTS Manager uses this information for the network routes and properties.