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Transfer Object Server Policy Group

The Transfer Object Server policy group contains the following policies for the DTS Transfer Object Server (TOS). You can modify policy parameter values by double-clicking a policy to display the Setting Properties dialog.

Note: The Transfer Object Server (TOS), Network Object Server (NOS), and Schedule Object Server are commonly referred to as object servers, DTS servers, and servers throughout the documentation. However, in formal DSM terminology, they are DTS managers.

Allow Interrupted transfers

Specifies that incomplete transfers change their state to Interrupted, so that they can be automatically resumed when agents come online.

Default: True

Automatically create machines in WorldView

Indicates whether an object is created in WorldView when a transfer successfully completes. If True and connected to a NOS that is integrated with WorldView, this policy enables the autocreation of computer objects involved in transfer requests that are not registered in the CA MDB (MDB). If such a computer is not found in the MDB, the Transfer Object Server directs the Network Object Server to add the computer to the MDB, the Network Object Repository, and subsequently to your DTS Business Process View.

Default: False

Enable ADT trusted security

Enables ADT trusted security for this Transfer Object Server, if True. Trusted security applies only to DTS clients using trusted security domains. In a trusted security domain, a DTS administrator defines trusted users and the DTS agents to which they have trusted access. Trusted access means that these users can successfully activate transfers without specifying a user name or password for the DTS agents in the transfer, even if the agents have their security mode set to fail.

Default: False

Enable legacy manager communication

Indicates that this component must connect to a legacy manager component, if True.

Default: False

Enable wakeup on LAN

Indicates whether a wake-on-LAN signal, or datagram, is sent to all computers involved in the transfer. If False, no wake-on-LAN signal is sent.

Default: True

Incoming connection timeout

Specifies the number of seconds of client inactivity that must pass before the client is automatically disconnected by the server.

Limits: 60–36000

Default: 300

Legacy messaging delivery period

Specifies the time in seconds that is allocated to the delivery of CAM messages.

Limits: 60–36000

Default: 300

Legacy messaging support

Indicates whether to scan for incoming transfer requests on the legacy CAM queues. Required for compatibility with earlier versions of DTS (r1–r3).

Default: False

Legacy Secure mode

Enables legacy encryption of DTS control messages (Windows only), if True.

Default: False

Maximum number of incoming connections

Specifies the maximum number of clients that can be connected at one time.

Note: A limit lower than the one you specify here may be imposed by the operating system.

Limits: 1–1000

Default: 64

Network location of the NOS

Identifies the DTS Network Object Server to which the Transfer Object Server connects. You can specify either the name of the NOS or the network address. By default, this policy is set to the address of the computer on which the TOS is installed. If set to None, the TOS does not connect to a Network Object Server at startup.

Note: If you are not connected to a Network Object Server, you can do point-to-point transfers by specifying in the runtime parameters the location information of the computers involved.

Default: localhost

NOS connection timeout

Specifies the number of seconds to wait for the Network Object Server to connect successfully to another DTS manager component to resolve network routing for a transfer request. When the specified time expires, the NOS is timed out.

Limits: 5–120

Default: 20

Process Interrupted transfers frequency

Specifies the interval in minutes that the Transfer Object Server waits before attempting to resume incomplete transfers. If set to 0, this policy is disabled.

Limits: 0–1000000

Default: 720

Example: If you set this policy to 60, the TOS checks all outstanding transfers to its agents every 60 minutes and reactivates them.

Route poll interval

Specifies the polling interval in seconds for the Network Object Server's outstanding route lookups.

Limits: 0–1000000

Default: 180

Security mode

Determines whether incoming transfer requests must be authenticated. Responses to security violations are dependent on the current security mode. Valid values are as follows:

quiet

Disables security checking.

warn

Enables security checking. If an invalid request is detected, the operation is permitted to continue. However, the violation is recorded in the log file to indicate the occurrence.

fail

Enables security checking. If an invalid request is detected, the operation is immediately aborted. When fail mode is enabled, users are required to enter a valid user name and password before they are able to display or set the runtime parameters for any of the DTS computers.

Default: fail

Self discovery: Enable self discovery support

Forwards agent notification messages to the NOS, if True, permitting it to create and update computers in the MDB.

Default: True

Self discovery: Identify agent in MDB

Defines a TOS-specific parameter. Change only if directed by Technical Support.

Default: True

Self discovery: Use IP address in MDB

Defines a TOS-specific parameter. Change only if directed by Technical Support.

Default: True

TOS auditing mode

Specifies the level of auditing detail offered by the manager, that is, the DTS Transfer Object Server. Valid values are as follows:

0 - Disabled

Specifies no audit messages, that is, auditing is disabled.

1 - Minimal

Specifies server messages only.

2 - Standard

Specifies server, transfer job, and transfer fail messages.

3 - Extended

Species all audit messages.

Default: 1

TOS protocol parameters

Specifies the port used to listen for legacy TCP requests.

Default: RPORT=<8198>

Transfer group size

Specifies the maximum number of transfers that will define a single Fanout, Broadcast, or Multicast group.

Important! DTS supports IPv4 broadcast and IPv4/IPv6 multicast addressing. The BCAST point-to-many protocol is only for use with IPv4 addresses. If you want to perform a broadcast-type transfer over an IPv6 network, use the MCAST protocol with the relevant IPv6 multicast address.

Limits: 2–1000

Default: 30

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