Setting up IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor to monitor Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent

IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor can monitor the status and activity of Sterling Connect:Direct File Agents that submit processes to a Sterling Connect:Direct® server that is managed by IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor.

File Agent name must be unique for the Sterling Connect:Direct server to which it is submitting processes. If two File Agents with the same name are submitting to the same Sterling Connect:Direct server, they are treated as the same File Agent.
Important: If you are monitoring Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent in a high availability environment, then you must send the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent traps to the controller event processor. The best way to achieve this is to configure Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent to send its traps to all EPs.
To set up IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor to monitor Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent:
  1. From IBM Control Center Monitor Web Console, click Menu button () > System Settings > File Agent.
  2. Provide values for the following fields:
    • SNMP Listener Address
    • SNMP Listener Port
    • No Process Submitted Warning Time
  3. For IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor to monitor the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent, you must set up the Sterling Connect:Direct managed server to which the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent is to submit processes. Complete the following steps:
    1. Add the server to IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor.
    2. When you are adding the server, ensure that Do not monitor associated File Agents in the Connection settings is not checked.
  4. Set up an SLC to monitor the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent. Choose among the following rules to set up an SLC to monitor the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent. The rules are specific to Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent monitoring and are included in the rules that ship with IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor:
    • Process not submitted by File Agent. This is a linked rule that is disabled. To use this rule, enable it.
    • File Agent Service Initialization Error.