To monitor non-z/OS FTP servers with IBM® Sterling Control Center
Monitor, you must install and configure
an IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor FTP agent.
Note: The IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor FTP agent
must be installed on the computer where the FTP server is running.
For FTP agents that use FTP logs, IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor must have
"read" access to the FTP server log file and know the name and directory
location of the FTP logs.
Install and start
IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor.
The following
list describs the high-level steps involved in setting up for monitoring of non-z/OS FTP
servers:
- Enable the FTP server to write transfer activities to a
log file or SNMP trap.
- Enable read access to the FTP server log file for the IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor FTP agent.
- Install and configure the IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor FTP agent
on the computer where the FTP server is located and start the agent.
Note: If the IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor FTP agent
fails to start, consult the FTP agent log file in the FTPAgentInstallDir/log folder
to isolate the cause of the problem. The log file name begins with
SCCFTPAgent_.
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Define the FTP server in IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor
by providing relevant details about the server and the IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor FTP agent. If necessary, provide
the log formats.
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To test whether IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor is
collecting information from the FTP server, use IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor to view the FTP server
activity.