Introduction
JobScheduler has a full JADE managed file transfer program "on board". This allows JobScheduler to be used to automate file transfer operations using the full features of JADE such as error detection, compliant logging and notifications.
JADE can be accessed from the JobScheduler using one of the JADE JITL jobs, via the JADE API. The JITL jobs are pre-configured job templates that can be used to rapidly develop job scheduling operations and are provided as standard with every JobScheduler installation package.
The configuration and use of a simple JITL job was described in JobScheduler - Tutorial 4 - Editing and Running a JITL Job: the current tutorial will build on the information provided in the Editing and Running a JITL Job tutorial and show how to configure, run and test simple file transfer operations. Users should then be able to build on this information to complete their own real-life transfer operations.
Background
The screenshots used in this tutorial were made using JobScheduler 1.9.x. All operations described have also been tested with 1.8.x. VERIFY
This tutorial assumes that a JobScheduler has been installed and is running. See for information about the requirements for the installation of JobScheduler and instructions about the installation procedure itself.
This tutorial describes how to configure the JobScheduler JITL job to carry out a relatively simple file transfer operation. The operation described has already been used in the JADE file transfer tutorial, which described how to transfer files from the online SOS demo server to the local file system. The demo server server allows read-only FTP and SFTP access and has been installed to allow users get their JADE and JADE JITL job users get their systems up, running and tested as quickly as possible.
Note that to get the file transfer operation described in this tutorial up and running, your firewall(s) will need to allow file transfer via ports 21 (for FTP) and 22 (for SFTP).
A separate installation of JADE is not required for this tutorial.