WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer product options
WebSphere® MQ Managed File Transfer can be installed as four different options, depending on your operating system and overall setup. These options are WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent, WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Logger, WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Service, or WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Tools.
- WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent
- The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent install option installs
a file transfer agent. A file transfer agent connects to an IBM® WebSphere MQ queue manager
and transfers file data, as messages, to other file transfer agents.
These must be installed either as part of the WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent or WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Service install options.
The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent install option can be installed on systems without the IBM WebSphere MQ Server install option being present on the system. Some capabilities of the file transfer agent, installed as part of the WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent install are only available when the WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent install is installed on a system where the IBM WebSphere MQ Server install option is installed. For example, the capability to perform protocol bridge configurations and operations.
- WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Logger
- The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Logger install option installs
a file transfer logger. The file transfer logger connects to an IBM WebSphere MQ queue manager,
often the queue manager designated as the coordination queue manager,
and logs file transfer audit related data to either a database or
a file.
The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Logger install option must be installed on systems where the IBM WebSphere MQ Server install option is already installed.
- WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Service
- The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Service install option installs
a file transfer agent that has additional capabilities beyond those
provided by the file transfer agent installed via the WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent install option. These
additional capabilities are:
- Create protocol bridge agents which are used to send and receive files with legacy FTP, FTPS or SFTP servers
- Deploy the Web Gateway feature which provides RESTful interfaces for building web applications that transfer files
The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Service install option must be installed on systems where the IBM WebSphere MQ Server install option is already installed.
- WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Tools
- The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Tools install option installs command line tools that are used to interact with file transfer agents. The tools allow you to start file transfers, schedule file transfers and create resource monitors from the command line.
On UNIX platforms there is an additional WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Base install component. This component contains files common to all of the installation options. You must install the WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Base component before installing any of the Agent, Logger, Service, or Tools components.
- Components required for each WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer product option on HP-UX Systems
- Components required for each WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer product option on Linux systems
- Components required for each WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer product option on Solaris systems
- Components required for each WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer product option on AIX systems
Capabilities provided by the Service and Agent options
- WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Service
- Make client or bindings mode connections to queue managers. When the file transfer agent and the queue manager are located on the same system, we recommend that you use the bindings mode connections.
- Transfer files to and from other WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer agents.
- Transfer files to and from SFTP, FTP, or FTPS protocol servers.
- Transfer files to and from Connect:Direct® nodes.
- Transfer files from HTTP clients through the Web Gateway.
Some capabilities are available on only a subset of supported platforms. For more information, see IBM WebSphere MQ System Requirements.
- WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer Agent
- Make client or bindings mode connections to queue managers. When the file transfer agent and queue manager are located on the same system, we recommend that you use the bindings mode connections.
- Transfer files to and from other WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer agents.
- Transfer files to and from Connect:Direct nodes.