Versions of predefined activities in IBM PEM

Sponsor administrators can use predefined activities in IBM PEM to onboard trading partners in the Sterling File Gateway.

IBM PEM offers two versions of predefined activities for the following protocols that can be used by sponsor administrators.
  • FTP Protocol-FTPv1 and FTPv2
  • SFTP protocol - SFTPv1 and SFTPv2
  • FTPS protocol - FTPSv1 and FTPSv2
The V2 version of these activities support multiple configurations of a protocol for a partner. The SFTP Inbound Push and Outbound Pull directions of the V2 activity supports multiple types of authentication such as Password, Key, Password or Key, and Password and Key.
Note: The v2 versions for the following activities are available from the following dates:
  • SFTPv2 - October 31, 2018 release
  • FTPSv2 - December 20, 2018 release

If you are creating new activities by using the predefined activities for these protocols, it is recommended that you use the v2 version of the predefined activities. However, your existing activities that are created by using the v1 version are also supported.

For more information about the predefined activities, see PEM Portal predefined activities.