Configure Managed File Transfer for z/OS

Configure Managed File Transfer for z/OS

Managed File Transfer for z/OS® requires customization to enable the component to operate correctly.

About this task
You need to:

Edit a PDSE member to specify configuration data
Define the coordination queue manager.
Define the command queue manager
Configure one or more agents
Optionally: configure a logger task to store data in Db2®

The sequence of tasks you need to perform is detailed in the following topics.

Reviewing the MFT configuration
You need to review the configuration of your system before you begin.
Before you start
Managed File Transfer (MFT) configuration uses files in UNIX System Services (USS) and PDSE data sets.
Items to check
Ensure that we have enough disk space, a directory for storing data, and that the requisite files exist.
Common MFT for z/OS configurations
An overview of the different Managed File Transfer configurations
The MFT credentials file
The MFT credentials file, MQMFTCredentials.xml, is used to hold user ID and password information. We can have one MFT credentials file for the coordination queue manager, one for the command queue manager, one for each agent, and one for each logger.
Copy SBFGCMDS to create a JCL library
You need to create a JCL library for each agent and logger, The JCL contains the configuration and jobs used to create and run the agent or logger.
Editing member BFGCUSTM
You must edit member BFGCUSTM, and enter the values for the parameters that your enterprise uses, before you run the job.
Defining the coordination queue manager
Managed File Transfer requires a queue manager to be created that acts as the coordination queue manager.
Defining the command queue manager
We can either use the same queue manager as the coordination and command queue managers, or create a new command queue manager.
Creating an agent
You need to copy the PDSE to make the agent-specific PDSE, for example user.MFT.AGENT1. Copy the PDSE from a previous agent or logger configuration, if they exist. If this is your first configuration, copy the PDSE supplied with MFT.
Use the agent
How we use various commands to ensure that the agent is working correctly.
Updating an existing MFT Agent or Logger command data set on z/OS
We can update an Managed File Transfer command PDSE library data set that is created from the Managed File Transfer command template data set.
Performing a verification transfer
How you carry out a transfer to check that the product is working correctly.
Configure a logging task
The logging task needs run on the same image as the coordination queue manager. We can log to Db2.
Environment variables for MFT on z/OS
If you are running commands direct from the USS environment, or your own JCL scripts, after customization and configuration you must set a number of environment variables before running the configuration and administration scripts provided by Managed File Transfer. You must set these variables for each user and in each environment that the scripts will be invoked from.
Configuration properties files
A summary of the properties that are used in Managed File Transfer.
Configure MFT for the z/OS Automatic Restart Manager (ARM)
Managed File Transfer is an ARM enabled application.
Parent topic: Configure MFT

Related concepts

Reviewing the MFT configuration

Related information

Install Managed File Transfer for z/OS