Configuring Tasks - Hosts - Host Operations

You can perform various operations on hosts in the Hosts tab. To perform an operation on a host, right-click on a specific host or a host type, and choose from the resulting menu. You can also get this menu by highlighting a host and pressing Shift-spacebar. See also Hosts Tab.

Available operations

• Add Host... allows you to specify a new host. You will be presented with several dialogs, in which you type the parameters for this host.
• Edit Host... allows you to modify an existing host. You can also get the Edit Host dialog by left double-clicking the host.
• Rename Host allows to you change the name by which MOVEit Central refers to the host. The Internet hostname is not changed this way; use Edit Host to change the domain name of the host (if applicable).
• Remove Host removes the host from the configuration, as well as any sources or destinations that refer to it.
• Edit Timestamps... allows you to modify the file that MOVEit Central uses to determine which files are new. For each combination of host, pathname, and filemask, MOVEit Central stores a date/time stamp of the most recent file in that directory which matches that mask and which has been successfully processed. For MOVEit DMZ, "Windows File System and Shares", FTP, and SSH hosts, MOVEit Central uses this information to determine whether a file is "new". This allows sources with the "Collect Only New Files" option selected to ignore old files. If you need to transfer a file again even though it has already been processed successfully, you can edit the timestamp that applied to that file so that the file looks new to MOVEit Central.

  For instance, suppose you have a task with a source that scans the FTP host "XYZ FTP Server", looking for files in path "/uploads" matching the mask "*.txt", with the Collect Only New Files option selected. Let's say that the task has run, and it transferred the new file report.txt which was last modified on 12 March 2004 at 2:15:00 pm. This would cause MOVEit Central to create an entry for the host "XYZ FTP Server", path "/uploads", mask "*.txt", with a most recent stamp of 2004-03-12 14:15:00". If for some reason you need to transfer the file again, running the task again will not suffice, since this file will no longer be new. One solution is to edit the timestamps for this host. In the Hosts tab, right-click on "XYZ FTP Server" and select Edit Timestamps... Double-click on the entry for /uploads with filemask "*.txt" and change the timestamp, perhaps to 2004-03-12 14:14:59. Then the next time this task is run, report.txt will appear to be new.

  For a related, but obscure, feature, see Editing Task Failure Entries.

• Map Network Drive allows you to connect to a remote fileserver, optionally mapping a drive letter. MOVEit Central will attempt to map the share immediately. If it cannot do so--for instance, if the drive letter is in use, or if you are already connected to that server with a different username--then the mapping will not take effect until MOVEit Central is restarted. This option is available only when the "Windows File System and Shares" host type is selected. (You can also add drive maps and UNCs from the usual "Add Host..." button.)
• Edit Share... allows you to change information associated with a mounted share. Mounted shares appear under the "Windows File System and Shares" host type. MOVEit Central will attempt to make the change immediately. If it cannot do so, you will be shown an explanatory message. In that case, changes you make will not go into effect until MOVEit Central is restarted.
• Remove Share allows you to delete a shared network path. This option is available only for mounted shares, which are listed under the "Windows File System and Shares" host type. The change will not go into effect until MOVEit Central is restarted.
• View Audit Trail - Displays a view of all current Audit entries for the selected host on the Reports window.
• Set Filter To This Host/Share - Sets the task filter to show only those tasks that involve the selected host or share.