IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix V4.2.0

Content

• Course Overview

  UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION

  Lesson 1. Connect:Direct overview

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Discuss Sterling Connect:Direct.
• Explain the basic structure of Sterling Connect:Direct.
• Explain primary (PNODE) and secondary (SNODE) nodes.
• Understand the use of Sterling Connect:Direct interfaces.
• Identify the components of Sterling Connect:Direct.
• Identify the communication interfaces compatible with Sterling Connect:Direct.

• Lesson 2. Installation pre-requisite

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Use Sterling Connect:Direct release notes.
• Lookup the libraries needed to install Sterling Connect:Direct.
• List the features and enhancements in Sterling Connect:Direct 4.2.
• Exercise to use a worksheet for the lab.

• Lesson 3. Installation

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• List the steps to install Sterling Connect:Direct.
• Describe how to configure Sterling Connect:Direct server and client.
• Explain the steps to verify the installation.
• Detail the procedure to start and stop Sterling Connect:Direct.
• List the job control commands through command line interface.
• Exercise to install, verify, and execute sample process.

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  UNIT 2. CONFIGURATION FILES

  Lesson 1. Introduction to configuration file

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Explain the directory structure of Sterling Connect:Direct.
• Discuss the purpose of the files.
• Identify the types of configuration files.
• Understand the procedure to customize configuration files.
• Procedural exercise to tune configuration file.

• Lesson 2. Initialization file

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Locate the Initialization Parameters File.
• Identify the sections of the Initialization Parameters File.
• Explain the initparm Record Names, Parameters, and Parameter Values.
• Customize the Initialization Parameters

• Lesson 3. Client configuration file

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Locate the client configuration file.
• Identify the sections of the client configuration file.
• Customize the client configuration file.

• Lesson 4. Client and server authentication key file

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Locate and understand the usage of client and server authentication file.
• Identify the sections of the client and server authentication files.
• Explain the client and server authentication file record names, parameter name and value.
• Customize the client and server authentication file.
• Exercise to test the customization of client and server authentication file.

• Lesson 5. Network map file

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Locate and understand the network map file.
• Identify the sections of the network map file.
• Explain the network map file record names, parameter name and value.
• Customize the network map file.
• Exercise to test the customization of network map file.

• After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Locate and understand the user authorization file.
• Identify the sections of the user authorization file.
• Explain the user authorization file record names, parameter name and value.
• Customize the user authorization file.
• Exercise to test the customization of user authorization file.

• UNIT 3. PROCESSES

  Lesson 1. Statements

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Define a Process and Process Language.
• Describe the purpose of each Process statement.
• Configure Sterling Connect:Direct to transfer files automatically.

• Lesson 2. Submitting processes

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Explain how the submit command determines where the Process goes in the queue.
• Use the submit command to submit a Process to the queue for execution.
• Use the parameters associated with the submit command to define how and when the Process gets submitted.

• Lesson 3. Changing processes

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Use the change process command to change a Process or multiple Processes in the queue.
• Use the parameters associated with the change process command to define what you want to change about the Processes.

• Lesson 4. Selecting a process

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Use the select process command to display information about a Process or multiple Processes in the queue.
• Use the parameters associated with the select process command to define how and what information you want to select about the Processes.

• Lesson 5. Selecting statistics

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Use the select statistics command to get statistics about Processes.
• Use the parameters associated with the select statistics command to define what you want statistics for and the level of detail you want.

• UNIT 4. Utilities

  Lesson 1. Termination utilities

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Use the delete process command to remove a non-executing process from the queue.
• Use the flush process command to remove an executing process from the queue.
• Use the stop command to stop Sterling Connect:Direct
• Usage of quit command.
• Describe the optional parameters for the stop command.

• Lesson 2. Troubleshooting utilities

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Identify the purpose of the ndmxlt (Translation Table) utility.
• Use the ndmmsg (Message) utility to retrieve Sterling Connect:Direct messages.
• Identify the methods to restart a Process.

• Lesson 3.  Advanced utilities

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Use the trace command to gather troubleshooting information from Sterling Connect:Direct.
• Use the parameters associated with the trace command to define what information you want and in what format
• Recognize Process Queues and Status.
• Understand the Life Cycle Process.

• Lesson 4.  File Agent utility

  After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

• Describe the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent and its interface.
• Install the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.
• Configure the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.
• Describe the rules used with the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.
• Configure a Rule.
• Monitor file transfers through Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent.

• Lesson 6. Maintaining access information file