Host

Enter the primary host name or IP address of the remote host to be connected. If a connection cannot be established to this host, the Additional Hosts specified in the Advanced tab, are tried.

Username

Enter the username for an account on the remote host, enabling the FTP session to login.

Password

Enter the password for the Username stated.

Transfer Type

Select the data transfer type to be used during file retrieval.

• Binary - The agent uses the binary transfer type. This is the default setting.

• ASCII - The agent uses ASCII transfer type.

File System Type

Select the type of file system on the remote host.

• Unix - The remote host uses a Unix file system. This is the default setting.

• Windows NT - The remote host uses a Windows NT file system.

• VAX/VMS - The remote host uses a VAX/VMS file system.

Enable Collection Retries

Select this check box to enable repetitive attempts to connect and collect data.

Retry Interval (s)

Enter the time interval in seconds, between retries.

Max Retries

Enter the maximum number of retries to connect.

Collection Strategy

Only the Default Collection Strategy is available for the Netia FTP collection agent, so this option should always be selected in this drop-down-list.

Include Subfolders

This is not supported for the Netia FTP collection agent and selecting this checkbox will not have any effect.

Directory

The directory setting is not used for the Netia FTP collection agent. However, since this field needs to be populated for the agent to validate, enter "." or ““/” in this field.

Filename

This field is used for determining the name of the source file(s) on the remote host. If you have disabled the Filename Sequence settings, you have to enter the complete name of the file to be collected in this field. If you have enabled the Filename Sequence settings, enter the filename up to the point where the sequence number begins in this field. For example, if the names of the files are "IX.ICAMA.<sequence number>", enter "IX.ICAMA." in this field.

For more information, see Filename Sequence Tab below.

Compression

Compression type of the source files. This setting determines if the agent will decompress the files before passing them on in the workflow.

• No Compression - The agent does not decompress the files.

• Gzip - The agent decompresses the files using gzip.

Before Collection

Move to Temporary Directory

If this option is enabled, the source files will be moved to a subdirectory called DR_TMP_DIR in the source directory, before collection. This option supports safe collection when source files repeatedly use the same name.

Append Suffix to Filename

Enter the suffix that you want to be added to the file name prior to collection.

Inactive Source Warning (h)

If enabled, when the configured number of hours have passed without any file being available for collection, a warning message (event) will appear in the System Log and Event Area:

The source has been idle for more than <n> hours, the last inserted file is <file>.

After Collection

Move to

If enabled, the source files will be moved from the source directory (or from the directory DR_TMP_DIR if using Move to Temporary Directory) to the directory specified in the Destination field, after collection.

Rename Options

Rename

If this option is enabled, the source files will be renamed after the collection, and remain (or moved back from the directory DR_TMP_DIR if using Move to Temporary Directory) in the source directory.

Remove

If enabled, the source files will be removed from the directory (or from the directory DR_TMP_DIR, if using the Move to Temporary Directory option, after collection.

Ignore

If enabled, the source files will remain in the source directory after the collection. This field is not available if the Move to Temporary Directory option is enabled.

Destination

Enter the full pathname to the directory on the remote host into which the source files will be moved after the collection. This field is only available if Move to is enabled.

Prefix and Suffix

Prefix and/or suffix that will be appended to the beginning and the end of the name of the source files, respectively, after the collection. These fields are only available if Move to or Rename is enabled.

Search and Replace

Select either the Move or Rename option.

• Search: Enter the part of the filename that you want to replace.

• Replace: Enter the replacement text.

Search and Replace operate on your entries in a way that is similar to the Unix sed utility. The identified filenames are modified and forwarded to the target agent in the workflow.

This functionality enables you to perform advanced filename modifications, as well:

Use regular expression in the Search entry to specify the part of the filename that you want to extract.

• Enter Replace with characters and meta characters that define the pattern and content of the replacement text

Keep (days)

Enter the number of days to keep moved or renamed source files on the remote host after collection. In order to delete the source files, the workflow has to be executed (scheduled or manually) again, after the configured number of days.

Command Port

The value in this field defines which port number the FTP service will use on the remote host.

Timeout (s)

The maximum time, in seconds, to wait for a response from the server. 0 (zero) means to wait forever.

Passive Mode (PASV)

This setting must be enabled if FTP passive mode is used for data connection.

In passive mode, the channel for data transfer between client and server is initiated by the client instead of by the server. This is useful when a firewall is situated between the client and the server.

This setting disables parsing of file detail information received from the FTP server. This enhances the compatibility with unusual FTP servers but disables some functionality.

If file detail parsing is disabled, file modification timestamps are unavailable to the collector. The collector does not have the ability to distinguish between directories and simple files. For that reason, subdirectories in the input directory must not match the filename regular expression. The agent assumes that a file named DR_TMP_DIR is a directory because a directory named DR_TMP_DIR is used when Move to Temporary Directory in the Source tab is activated. Therefore, you cannot name a regular file in the collection directory DR_TMP_DIR.

Additional Hosts

List of additional host names or IP addresses that may be used to access the source directory, from which the source files are collected. These hosts are tried, in sequence from top to bottom, if the agent fails to connect to the remote host, set in the Connection tab.

Use the Add, Edit, Remove, Move up and Move down buttons to configure the host list. 

Enable Filename Sequence

This setting determines if the service will be used or not. If the Filename Sequence settings are enabled, a list with possible files ending with the range of numbers defined by the Wrap On and Wrap To values will be generated before collection. Otherwise, a list with only one file with the name stated in the Source tab will be generated.

Start Position

The offset in the file name where the sequence number starts. The first character has offset 0 (zero). In the example file name TTFILE0001 the start position is 6.

Length

The length of the sequence number, if the sequence number has a static length (padded with leading zeros). If the sequence number length is dynamic this value is set to 0 (zero).

Wrap On

If the Filename Sequence service is enabled, a value must be specified on which the sequence will wrap. This number must be larger than the value entered for Wrap To.

Wrap To

Enter the value that the sequence will wrap to. This value must be less than the value entered for Wrap On.

Warn On Out of Sequence

If you select this check box, the agent will log an informative message to the System Log when detecting an out of sequence file, before deactivating.