What's new in Version 7.0.3?
Learn about the main new functions in WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition Version 7.0.3.
- Working with WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition by using the Web Gateway
- You can transfer files to existing WMQFTE agents by using an HTTP client that communicates with the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Web Gateway. You can also transfer files from WMQFTE V7.0.3 agents to HTTP clients by using file spaces, and check the status of any transfer that has been logged to a database by the database logger. By using an HTTP client with the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Web Gateway you can transfer files from environments that are not supported by WMQFTE agents, and to distribute files from your WMQFTE environment to web users. For more information about the Web Gateway, see Scenarios for the Web Gateway. For more information about file spaces, see File spaces.
- Transferring files to and from WebSphere MQ queues
- You can now transfer files to and from WebSphere MQ queues. Files can be transferred to one or more messages on a WebSphere MQ queue. You can transfer one or more messages on a WebSphere MQ queue to a file. You can use WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition to monitor a WebSphere MQ queue and trigger transfers of messages to files. For more information, see the following topics: Transfer data from files to messages and Transferring data from messages to files.
- Consumability enhancements
- You can now view the status of WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition agents in a panel in WebSphere MQ Explorer.
You can now start WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition agents and database loggers as Windows services. Agents and database loggers that are configured as Windows services can start running automatically when the system that they are hosted on is started. For more information, see Starting an agent as a Windows service.
- Monitoring enhancements
- You can now use Java™ regular
expressions as an alternative to wildcard characters when specifying
the condition pattern and exclude pattern for the fteCreateMonitor command.
You can specify the type of pattern to use with the -pt parameter.
For more information, see fteCreateMonitor (create new resource monitor).
You can batch monitor tasks. If a resource monitor finds multiple matches to the trigger conditions, you can specify how many of these matches are processed in a single task. You can specify the number of matches to include in a single batch with the -bs parameter. For more information, see fteCreateMonitor (create new resource monitor).
- Security enhancements
- You can now use WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security to secure messages sent by WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition. For more information, see Using IBM WebSphere MQ Advanced Message Security with IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition.
- Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (JEE) database logger
- You can now run the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition database logger application within a JEE application server environment. With the JEE database logger you can manage the database logger with the rest of your enterprise applications. For more information, see the following topic: Configuring a WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition logger
- New template commands: fteDeleteTemplates and fteListTemplates
- You can use the fteDeleteTemplates (delete WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition templates) command to delete existing file transfer templates and use the fteListTemplates (list WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition templates) command to list your existing file transfer templates.
- fteDisplayVersion command
- You can use the fteDisplayVersion command to display the installed version of WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition.
- Extended platform support
- WebSphere MQ
File Transfer Edition is now also supported
on the following platforms:
- AIX® on POWER7®
- Linux on POWER7
- Oracle Solaris 10 on Intel x86
- Virtualized platforms