Viewing the status of file transfers by using the Transfer Log

You can view the details of file transfers by using the Transfer Log in WebSphere® MQ Explorer. These can be transfers started from either the command line or the WebSphere MQ Explorer. You can also customize what is displayed in the Transfer Log.

Procedure

  1. Expand Managed File Transfer in the Navigator view and then expand the name of the coordination queue manager that you want to view the transfer log for.
  2. Click Transfer Log in the Navigator view. The Transfer Log is displayed in the Content view.
  3. The Transfer Log window displays the following details about your file transfers:
    1. Source The name of the agent on the system where the source file is located.
    2. Destination The name of the agent on the system you want to transfer the file to.
    3. Completion State The status of the file transfer. The state can be one of the following values: "Started", "In progress", "Successful", "Partially Successful", "Cancelled", or "Failed".
    4. Owner The user ID on the host that submitted the transfer request.
    5. Started (selected time zone) The time and date that the file transfer started in the time zone selected by the administrator. To change the time zone displayed, click Window > Preferences > WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition and select an alternative time zone from the Time zone: list. Click OK.
    6. State Recorded (selected time zone) (This column is not displayed by default. You can choose to display the column by using the Configure Transfer Log Columns Image of the Configure Transfer Log Columns icon window.) The time and date that the completion state was recorded, in the time zone selected by the administrator.
    7. Job Name An identifier specified by the user by using the -jn parameter of fteCreateTransfer or in an Ant script
    8. Transfer ID The unique identifier for the file transfer.

Results

To view further details about a completed transfer, expand the transfer you are interested in using the plus sign (+). You can then see all of the source and destination file names included in that transfer. However, if the transfer is currently in progress and consists of many files, you can view only the files that have already been transferred so far.

To refresh what is displayed in the Transfer Log, click the Refresh button Image of the Refresh icon on the Content view toolbar. The file transfer information in the Transfer Log remains in the log after you stop and restart the WebSphere MQ Explorer. If you want to delete all completed file transfers from the log, click Remove Completed Transfers Image of the Remove Completed Transfers icon on the Content view toolbar.

To delete an individual completed file transfer from the log, right-click the transfer and click Delete. If you delete a transfer, it does not stop or cancel a transfer that is in progress or that has been scheduled; you are deleting only the stored historical data.

To copy the unique identifier of a transfer to the clipboard, right-click that transfer and click Copy ID.

The metadata and the complete audit XML for the transfer are available from the context menu, under the Properties action.


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Timestamp icon Last updated: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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