Use the file transfer task to transfer files and directories
from one system to another.
Before you begin
When using this feature, you might see panels displaying various actions
performed by
IBM® Systems
Director in
order to accomplish this task. These panels require no action from you and
can be ignored.
About this task
Important: - You can use the file transfer task with only one system at
a time. You cannot transfer files to multiple systems
or to a group.
- Files are transferred in chunks through a queue on the management server
and the receiving Common Agent.
If the chunk is not processed by the queue before the timeout limit is reached,
the transfer will fail. Such failures can occur when other tasks are running
on the same Common Agent,
or when the queue is full. Give careful consideration to transferring large
files using file transfer.
To transfer files, complete the following steps:
- From the Remote Access Summary page, click File Transfer. The Targets page is displayed.
- Select the targets for file transfer, using the Add and Remove buttons
to move a system from
the left (Available) column to the right (Selected) column.
Note: The
Choose Target window does not display locked systems.
- Click OK. The File Transfer
page is displayed.
- In the Source File System pane, expand the applicable disk file
system. The contents of that file system are displayed, showing subdirectories
and files.
Note: You can switch between Local (management
console) and Director Server (management server) by
clicking the arrow in the Source File System pane and selecting your choice.
- Locate and highlight the source file or directory in the Source
pane (that is, the local system or
management server).
Note: - You can select multiple files for transfer by pressing and holding the
Shift key while clicking the desired files with the mouse. When you select
the last file in the group to be transferred, release the Shift key but not
the mouse button; while still holding the mouse button down, drag the cursor
to the target File System pane.
- Using the wildcard function, you can filter which files are displayed
in the Source File System or Target File System panes. When the File Transfer
window opens, the Name field contains *.* by
default.
- Locate and highlight the destination drive and directory in the
Target pane (that is, the management server or selected system).
- Select .