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Role
The Managed File Transfer Administrator is responsible for the deployment solution of secure data movement that enable enterprises to gain control and oversight of the massive movement of critical corporate data to facilitate data growth, reduce security risk, and improve IT and business efficiency. The Managed File Transfer Administrator are expected to have a deep technical understanding of the Managed File Transfer solution that is delivered through multiple products that can work standalone, or even better when together. Responsibilities include architecting integration solutions, performing installation, configuration, and day-to-day tasks associated with secure file transfers.
Assumptions
It is assumed that the individual following this roadmap has basic skills in the following areas:
Working knowledge of underlying operating system platforms
Objectives
After completing this training, students should be able to:
Connect: Direct Windows Option
- Describe the Sterling Connect:Director for Windows architecture
- Transfer and receive files
- Define and use Sterling Connect:Direct for Windows Process Language to define units of work
- Access the Process Monitor
- Review and analyze a statistics report
- Navigate in the Requestor, Browser, and Command Line Interface
- Navigate in the Client Utilities: Client Connection Utility and Administrative Tool
- Allow applications to interface with Sterling Connect:Direct for Windows
- Configure a File Agent
- Explain the purpose of the Process, Session, and Command Managers
- Configure for data flows. Apply FMH control blocks
Connect: Direct UNIX Option
- Describe Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX and the process for installing it
- Start and stop Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX
- Use Job Control and History commands with the Command Line Interface
- Describe, identify, and customize Initialization Parameters files, Network Map files, and Authorization Information files
- Locate and identify Client Configuration files and Authentication Key files
- Describe and use the submit, select, change, delete, flush, stop, and statistic commands
- Install and use Requestor for Windows
- Describe the Process Language
- Write a COPY, Conditional, RUN JOB, RUN TASK, SUBMIT, and SYMBOL statements
- Explain why and when to use the ndmxlt, apnotify, and ndmmsg utilities
- Restart a process
- Use the trace command to gather troubleshooting information
- Describe the Session Manager Protocol and the Life Cycle Process
- Apply performance tuning methods to Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX
- Describe, install, and use the Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent
Connect: Direct z/OS Option
- Explain the purpose of Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS
- Describe how Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS transfers and manages files
- Describe the Process Lanugage principles and life cycle
- Use the Process Language to perform activities such as copying files, running jobs, and running programs
- Use Modal Logic statements to automate exception handling, notify users, and launch applications
- Navigate in Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS. Send and receive files using Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS
- Use Symbol, Run Job, Run Task, and Submit statements
- Use supplied utility programs such as DMBATCH, DMNOTIFY, DMNOTIFY2, DMRTAMS, DMRTDYN, and DMRTSUB
File Gateway Option
- Configure File Gateway on top of Sterling Integrator
- Create and manage users, communities, groups, and trading partners
- Build, edit, and configure route templates, system fact variables, and file structures
- Add, view, and extract data from mailboxes
- Describe the different pre-defined personas and their access levels
- Use enhanced visibility to track a route
Secure Proxy Option
- Complete an Information Gathering Worksheet
- Configure Sterling Secure Proxy for various applications
- Install, test, and audit Sterling Secure Proxy
- Perform field-level troubleshooting
- Define and use HTTP and FTP Reverse Proxy, EA, and Single Sign-On
Control Center Option
- Define Sterling Control Center and its functionality and application architecture
- Review, in detail, the ordered task lists and the Information Gathering Worksheets to perform the Sterling Control Center Installation
- Configure and monitor the following Servers in Sterling Control Center:
- IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX
- IBM® Sterling Connect:Enterprise for UNIX
- Gentran Integration Suite
- IBM® Sterling B2B Integrator 5
- IBM® Sterling File Gateway
- FTP
- Define sample Business Solutions that Sterling Control Center solves
- Create service level criteria, rules, and actions that trigger alerts
- Define and execute nearly every menu item on the Sterling Control Center GUI
- Perform the tasks in each of the Sterling Control Center scenarios