Building Resources for File Transfer Products › Check the Built Environment

Check the Built Environment

To check the status of your environment

1. Enter /FTMON at the command prompt.

   The file transfer status monitor appears.

2. Ensure that the state of the displayed resources reflects the state of the resources that you have defined to your system image.

   Various commands are available to you that can be issued against listed resources. These commands enable you to perform actions against a resource or display information about a resource, such as:

   • Activating a resource
   • Terminating a resource
   • Displaying resources owned by a manager
   • Listing CONNECT:Direct processes

     To display the list of commands, enter ? beside a resource. The list of commands appears with a description of each command.

If you are satisfied that your resources are defined correctly, you can set your global operation mode to AUTOMATED.

Set the Built Environment to Automated Operation

To set the file transfer management environment to automated operation, you must set your global operation mode to AUTOMATED. This enables the control of resources defined in your system image to be automated.

Important! The default desired state of the defined resources is specified by your system administrator in the $RM AUTOIDS parameter group. The default state is ACTIVE or INACTIVE.

If you set the global operation mode to AUTOMATED and the default resource desired state is set to ACTIVE, the region attempts to start all automated resources automatically.

For a resource such as a CONNECT:Direct region, you can specify the desired state of the resource and the times you require the resource to be active or inactive, by using the availability map in the resource definition.

To set the global operation mode to AUTOMATED

1. Enter GLOBAL at the command prompt on the File Transfer Status Monitor.

   The Global Command Parameter Specification panel appears.

2. Enter AUTOMATED in the Global Automation Mode field, and press F6 (Action).

   A confirmation panel appears.

3. Enter CONFIRM in the Response field.

   The File Transfer Status Monitor appears.

Your CA NetMaster FTM region is now in AUTOMATED mode and automatically controls the resources defined in the loaded system image.

Note: If you are satisfied that your resources are operating correctly in the AUTOMATED mode, you can update the $RM AUTOIDS parameter group and set the Automated Mode field to AUTOMATED. This sets the mode of the system image to AUTOMATED each time it is loaded at region startup and enables the resources defined to the system image to be controlled by the CA NetMaster FTM region.