Uploads

Upload as temp file then rename

Default is No (not selected).

If selected: File is uploaded under a temporary filename, and then the just-uploaded file is renamed to a different name.

This option can be used to avoid triggering another automation system that depends on the existence of a certain filename, but which cannot detect the difference between open/closed or started/finished files.

Temp file upload name: Default: CTMP[Rnd:4]. You can provide a specific pattern for naming temporary files. The default yields values like CTMP9243 and CTMP2495. If you use a different value, make sure to avoid duplicate temporary filenames. Renames occur on a file-by-file basis as soon as each file has been uploaded.

Limits

File count download limit

Maximum number of files that are downloaded from a source in a single task run against this host.

If the limit is exceeded, and the Advanced task setting Automatically re-run task if source download limits are encountered is set, the task is automatically rerun.

File size download limit

Maximum number of bytes that are downloaded from a source in a single task run against this host. Value of 0 means no limit.

Downloading stops after the first file that causes the number of downloaded bytes to exceed the limit.

If the limit is exceeded, and the Advanced task setting Automatically re-run task if source download limits are encountered is set, the task is automatically rerun.

Advanced

Delete State for Host Path entries after

Number of days after which State information for this host is deleted.

Notes: When this host is assigned as a task source that uses Collect Only New Files, MOVEit Automation saves file stamp information that is specific to this host and the task source's folder path and file mask. If a source's folder path and/or file mask contains a non-static macro (for example, [DD] or other date/time macros) the actual source folder path/file mask combination can potentially be different every time the task runs. This can cause the saved state information for this host to grow excessively large and without limits.

Use default state cache settings

• Selected (default). Uses the default state cache settings that are specified in SETTINGS > System Settings > State File. For more information, see State File Settings.
• Not selected: Specify how long to cache state information for this host.

Notes: By default, MOVEit Automation keeps state file information cached in memory to achieve maximum efficiency. In some environments, this can become very memory intensive. Use the State Cache settings to remove state file information from memory after a task run, or after a specified amount of time.

Account for Daylight Savings

This host automatically changes the apparent time of existing files when Daylight Savings Time comes into effect, or reverts to Standard Time. This setting changes the following:

• How the Collect Only New Files source option is processed.
• The way that synchronization works.

In these situations, MOVEit Automation compensates for changes made by the host by adjusting the apparent timestamps of files by one hour. This prevents the unnecessary transfer of files that appear to be new because their apparent times have changed since they were last observed.

For example, a file is modified in January (during Standard Time) at 8:00 a.m. When Daylight Savings Time comes into effect, that file's apparent modification time changes to 9:00 a.m. If the Host adjusts timestamps is selected, MOVEit Automation internally adjusts its view of the file's time back to 8:00 a.m. for comparison purposes, and does not consider the time to be new.