Monitoring file transfers that are in progress from IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer

You can monitor a file transfer that is in progress using the Managed File Transfer - Current Transfer Progress tab in IBM® WebSphere® MQ Explorer. This file transfer can be one started from either IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer or the command line. The tab also displays the progress of scheduled transfers at the point the scheduled transfers start.

About this task

If you want to use IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer to monitor transfers associated with a coordination queue manager on a remote system, follow the instructions in the Configuring IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer to monitor a remote coordination queue manager topic.

Previous file transfer information is not retained after you stop and restart IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer. At restart, the information about past transfers is cleared from the Current Transfer Progress tab. You can clear completed transfers using Remove completed transfersImage of the Remove completed transfers icon at any point when IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer is open.

Procedure

After you have started a new file transfer using IBM WebSphere MQ Explorer or the command line, you can monitor the progress of your transfer in the Current Transfer Progress tab. The following information is displayed for each transfer in progress:
  1. Source. The name of the agent used to transfer the file from the source system.
  2. Destination. The name of the agent used to receive the file at the destination system.
  3. Current file. The name of the file currently being transferred. The part of the individual file that has already been transferred is displayed in B, KiB, MiB. GiB, or TiB along with total size of the file in parentheses. The unit of measurement displayed depends on the size of the file.
    B is bytes per second. KiB/s is kibibytes per second, where 1 kibibyte equals 1024 bytes. MiB/s is mebibytes per second, where 1 mebibyte equals 1 048 576 bytes. GiB/s is gibibytes per second where 1 gibibyte equals 1 073 741 824 bytes. TiB/s is tebibytes per second where 1 tebibyte equals 1 099 511 627 776 bytes.
  4. File number. If you are transferring more than one file, this number represents how far through the total group of files the transfer is.
  5. Progress. The progress bar shows how complete the current file transfer is as a percentage.
  6. Rate. The rate the file is being transferred in KiB/s (kibibytes per second, where 1 kibibyte equals 1024 bytes.)
  7. Started (selected time zone). The time that the file transfer started, presented in the selected time zone of the administrator. To change the time zone displayed, click Window > Preferences > WebSphere MQ Explorer > Managed File Transfer and select an alternative time zone from the Time zone: list. Click OK.
    If the transfer enters a recovery state while transferring the file, the started time updates to reflect the time that the file transfer resumed.

Results

This tab regularly refreshes its information automatically, but to force a refreshed view of what is displayed in the Current Transfer Progress tab, click Refresh Image of the Refresh icon on the Content view toolbar.

To delete file transfers from the Current Transfer Progress tab, click Remove completed transfersImage of the Remove completed transfers icon on the Content view toolbar. Clicking this button removes file transfer details from the tab only; it does not stop or cancel a current or scheduled transfer.

If you want to return to the Current Transfer Progress tab after closing it, you can display the tab by clicking Window > Show View > Other > Other > Managed File Transfer - Current Transfer Progress. Click OK.