Example: Deleting a file space
You can delete an existing file space by submitting an HTTP request to the WebSphere® MQ File Transfer Edition Web Gateway. The file space is not deleted if a file transfer is in progress into the file space.
About this task
To delete a file space, you must have the appropriate security role associated with your user account. Users associated with the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition roles wmqfte-admin and wmqfte-filespace-delete can delete file spaces. For more information about securing the Web Gateway, see User roles for the Web Gateway.
If you have the security role wmqfte-admin, you can also delete a file space by using the administrative console. For more information, see Web Gateway administrative console.
Successful deletion of a file space
About this task
In this example, the server hosting the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Web Gateway is example.com. The file space belongs to the user richard. There are no file transfers currently in progress into the file space richard. You can find out the number of transfers in progress to the file spaces in your Web Gateway environment by listing the file spaces. For more information, see Example: Listing all file spaces.
Procedure
Possible problems when deleting a file space
About this task
In this example, the server hosting the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Web Gateway is example.com. The file space belongs to the user suzanne. There are two transfers in progress into the file space suzanne. You can find out the number of transfers in progress to the file spaces in your Web Gateway environment by listing the file spaces. For more information, see Example: Listing all file spaces.