Summary of the IBM MQ Managed File Transfer commands

All IBM® MQ Managed File Transfer commands are listed with links to their detailed descriptions.

Table 1. IBM MQ Managed File Transfer commands and their purpose
Command name Purpose
Commands for migration:
fteMigrateAgent Migrate an agent and its configuration from IBM MQ Managed File Transfer V7.0 to WebSphere MQ V7.5 or later
fteMigrateConfigurationOptions Migrate an IBM MQ Managed File Transfer V7.0 configuration to WebSphere MQ V7.5 or later
fteMigrateLogger Migrate the configuration of a stand-alone database logger from IBM MQ Managed File Transfer V7.0.1 or later to WebSphere MQ V7.5 or later.
Commands for configuration:
fteChangeDefaultConfigurationOptions Change the default configuration options that you want IBM MQ Managed File Transfer to use
fteCreateAgent Create an IBM MQ Managed File Transfer agent
fteCreateWebAgent Create anIBM MQ Managed File Transfer web agent
fteCreateBridgeAgent Create an IBM MQ Managed File Transfer protocol bridge agent
fteCreateCDAgent Create an IBM MQ Managed File Transfer Connect:Direct® bridge agent
fteCreateLogger Create an IBM MQ Managed File Transfer logger
fteDefine Generate the configuration scripts necessary to define the specified objects.
fteDelete Generate the configuration scripts necessary to remove the specified objects.
fteDeleteAgent Delete a particular IBM MQ Managed File Transfer agent
fteDeleteLogger Delete an IBM MQ Managed File Transfer logger
fteModifyAgent Windows only. Modify an agent, web agent, Connect:Direct bridge agent, or protocol bridge agent to run as a Windows service.
fteModifyLogger Windows only. Modify the logger to run as a Windows service.
fteSetupCommands Specify the details of the queue manager that connects to the WebSphere MQ network when you issue commands
fteSetupCoordination Configure an IBM MQ Managed File Transfer coordination queue manager
Commands for administration:
fteAnt Run an Ant script in an environment with file transfer Ant tasks available.
fteCancelTransfer Cancel a file transfer
fteCleanAgent Clean up the queues used by an agent
fteCreateMonitor Create and start a new resource monitor
fteCreateTemplate Create a transfer template for future use
fteCreateTransfer Create and start a new file transfer
fteDeleteMonitor Stop and remove an existing resource monitor
fteDeleteScheduledTransfer Delete a particular file transfer that you have previously scheduled
fteDeleteTemplates Delete existing file transfer templates
fteListAgents List all of the agents registered against a particular coordination queue manager
fteListMonitors List all of the resource monitors registered against a particular coordination queue manager
fteListScheduledTransfers List all of the IBM MQ Managed File Transfer transfers that you previously created using the command line or the WebSphere MQ Explorer.
fteListTemplates List all the file transfer templates for a coordination queue manager
ftePingAgent Pings an agent to determine whether the agent is active and able to process transfers.
fteShowAgentDetails Display the details of a particular agent
fteShowLoggerDetails Display the details of a particular logger
fteStartAgent Start a particular agent before using it to transfer files
fteStartLogger Start logger
fteStopAgent Stop a particular agent
fteStopLogger Stop logger
Command for security:
fteObfuscate Encrypt sensitive data in credentials files.
Commands for troubleshooting:
fteDisplayVersion Display the product version
fteSetAgentTraceLevel Set the level of agent trace to run
fteSetLoggerTraceLevel Set the level of logger trace to run
fteRAS Run the RAS gathering tool

See Installed command sets for a table showing which commands are installed with which IBM MQ Managed File Transfer offering.

The syntax for each command and its parameters is presented in the form of a syntax diagram called a railroad diagram. For information about how to interpret railroad diagrams, see How to read railroad diagrams.