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How You Define File Transfer Application Resources

For the Active File Transfer Monitor to display file transfers by a supported application such as CA SOLVE:FTS, you must define an application manager resource for it in the loaded system image. Defining a manager resource also enables you to manage the file transfer application by automating responses to application events. In addition, you can define application monitor resources to look after certain internal states of the manager. For example, with CA XCOM Data Transport, you can define a monitor to alert you to stalled transfers.

Note: For more information about manager and monitor resources, see the Administration Guide.

You can use the following process to define your application resources:

1. CA NetMaster FTM provides an AutoAssist facility that helps you define resources. You access the facility using the /RADMIN.AD panel shortcut, which displays the Assisted Resource Definition menu.
2. The menu provides an option for each of the supported applications. For example, to define resources for CA XCOM Data Transport, you select Option XC. You are asked to create a system image for the resources if the knowledge base contains no existing images (for example, the first time you use a new region), or you are presented with a list of existing images that you can select. You must have a system image before you can define any resources.
3. After you have created or selected the image, you complete the application's Manager General Description panel to define the manager resource. One of the fields you must specify is Manager Type, which determines the template to use for defining this resource.

   A resource template provides predefined values for the definition of commonly-used resources. These values specify, for example, how to manage the starting and stopping of the application, and how to respond to changes in the application status. CA NetMaster FTM includes templates for various resource types.

4. After the manager resource is defined, you define the monitor resources for the manager from the application's Manager List panel using the G action. Again, the Type field in a monitor resource definition determines the template to use.
5. The AutoAssist facility helps you define your resources by using distributed templates. You can review these defined resources and, if required, update them to suit your environment. An application's Manager List panel lets you access the manager definitions, and the MON action on that panel lets you access the monitor resources defined for a manager. You can access the list of managers at any time through the /RADMIN.R panel shortcut.
6. For the region to use the defined resources, you must load the image that contains them. You can do this from the File Transfer Resource Monitor using the LOAD command. To enable loading to occur automatically when the region starts, you must specify it in the AUTOIDS region parameter group. (You can access the list of parameter groups using the /PARMS panel shortcut.)