Creating the initial configuration for the Redistributable Managed File Transfer Logger

You can configure a FILE type Managed File Transfer Logger to connect to a coordination queue manager in client mode.

Before you begin

Make sure that you download and extract the contents of the Redistributable Managed File Transfer Agent package. From IBM® MQ 9.2.1, this package also includes the Redistributable Managed File Transfer Logger. For more information, see Downloading and configuring Redistributable Managed File Transfer components.

About this task

The Redistributable Managed File Transfer Agent and Redistributable Managed File Transfer Logger share the same environment. After this environment has been created and the IBM MQ connectivity has been set up, you can create and start the logger.

Procedure

Make sure that the shared environment for the Redistributable Managed File Transfer Agent and Redistributable Managed File Transfer Logger has been created as described in Step 1 and the IBM MQ connectivity has been set up as described in Step 2 of Creating the initial configuration for the Redistributable Managed File Transfer Agent.
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Create a file logger by using the fteCreateLogger command.

For example:

fteCreateLogger FILELOGGER -loggerType FILE -loggerQMgr PRMFTDEMO2 
-loggerQMgrHost 9.121.59.233 -loggerQMgrPort 3003 -loggerQMgrChannel SYSTEM.DEF.SVRCONN 
-fileSize 20MB -fileCount 10 -fileLoggerMode CIRCULAR

For more information on using the fteCreateLogger command, see fteCreateLogger.

Start the logger by using the fteStartLogger command.
For more information on the fteStartLogger command, see fteStartLogger.