WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition topology overview
WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition agents send and receive the files that are transferred. Each agent has its own set of queues on its associated queue manager and the agent is attached to its queue manager in either bindings or client mode. The choice of transport modes available depends on the edition of the product you are using. An agent can also use the coordination queue manager as its queue manager.
The coordination queue manager broadcasts audit and file transfer information. The coordination queue manager represents a single point for the collection of agent, transfer status, and transfer audit information. The coordination queue manager is not required to be available in order for transfers to take place. If the coordination queue manager become temporarily unavailable, transfers would continue as normal. Audit and status messages would be stored in the agent queue managers until the coordination queue manager became available, and can then be processed as normal.
Agents register with the coordination queue manager and publish their details to that queue manager. This agent information is used by the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition plug-in to enable the start of transfers from the WebSphere MQ Explorer. The agent information collected on the coordination queue manager is also used by the commands to display agent information and agent status.
Transfer status and transfer audit information is published on the coordination queue manager. The transfer status and transfer audit information is used by the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition plug-in to monitor the progress of transfers from the WebSphere MQ Explorer. The transfer audit information stored on the coordination queue manager can be retained to provide auditability.
You can use WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition with either WebSphere MQ Version 6.0 or WebSphere MQ Version 7.0. However, you need access to one WebSphere MQ Version 7.0 queue manager to act as your coordination queue manager.
The command queue manager is used to connect to
the WebSphere MQ network
and is the queue manager connected to when you issue WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition commands.
