Set remote file services

Configuration data for WAS v7 resides in files. Two services help you reconfigure and otherwise manage these files: the file transfer service and file synchronization service.

By default, the file transfer service is always configured and enabled at a node agent, so you do not need to take additional steps to configure this service. However, we might need to configure the file synchronization service.

 

1. Go to the File Synchronization Service page. Click System Administration > Node agents Then, click the node agent for which you want to configure a synchronization server and click File synchronization service.

2. On the File Synchronization Service page, customize the service that helps make configuration data consistent across a cell by moving updated configuration files from the dmgr to the node. Change the values for properties on the File Synchronization Service page. The file synchronization service is always started, but we can control how it runs by changing the values.

3. Optionally add a custom property for file synchronization.

   1. Click Custom properties on the File Synchronization Service page.

   2. Click New.

   3. Specify a name and value for the custom property.

      The com.ibm.websphere.management.sync.allowfailure custom property: When synchronization fails five times consecutively, automatic synchronization is disabled. To keep automatic synchronization enabled, specify this custom property with a value of true.

      Property	com.ibm.websphere.management.sync.allowfailure
      Data type	Boolean
      Default	False

File transfer service settings
File synchronization service settings

 

Related concepts

Remote file services