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Run AFT without enabling ftp service on agents
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 12:17
by Aneesh
I'm using control M version 7.0. As per the client requirement we need to set up AFT jobs on agents without enabling ftp serices on agents(port 21). Is it possible?
Re: Run AFT without enabling ftp service on agents
Posted: 12 Dec 2014 5:06
by nirasm
Atleast one of the two agent hosts must have FTP or sftp server services running on them.
Re: Run AFT without enabling ftp service on agents
Posted: 07 Dec 2016 9:03
by mauriziog
The AFT module is a FTP client.
So to transfer a file from a server to another one you need:
- on one server the AFT module
- on the other a FTP server (and no agent installed).
For unix machines the server ftp (SSH) is always installed, for windows machines a server ftp is needed. In this case only one server ftp is enabled with "Virtual directories" that point to the destinations server and folders (and different users). Is a flexible and powerfull manner to centralize all internal file transfers.
Now there is in controlm Managed File Transfer (MFT) that do all trasfers without any need to external ftp: all is done by controlm, is very powerfull, easy and fast (see demo video on bmc site).
Regards