Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 Betriebsanweisung

Jobs and Job Groups

Defining Jobs Interface

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Replace Files – Select this option if you wish to overwrite existing files when using the MPUT or MGET options; 
otherwise, existing files are skipped.

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Local Path – This is the pathname to a directory on the local or agent machine. 

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Remote Path – This is the pathname to a directory on the FTP server.

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Quote – Type the formatting attributes for a file being transferred between a main frame platform and another 
platform, e.g., Windows to z/OS. The field is limited to 255 characters. This option is not available if the SFTP 
protocol option is selected.

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New Filename (Only used with the Rename File option.) – Designate the new name to be used when renaming the 
remote file.

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SFTP Options – The only secure shell option currently supported is SSH2 only.

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Advanced – Clicking this button displays the SFTP Advanced Settings dialog with the standard encryption options. 
Use this feature to configure the order to be used when cycling through the encryption protocols as the agent 
searches for the protocol used by the remote machine. The Encryption Cypher Selection Policy field displays the 
four most commonly used encryption methods:

3DES 

Any of these encryption methods may be used during the file transferal between two machines with the secure FTP 
procedure. 

Like strangers traveling in a foreign land attempting to communicate with one another, server machines do not know 
which encryption “language” is being used by the other. CWA will try each of the listed encryption protocols to 
establish a common encryption protocol. A user can configure the order that CWA tries when it attempts to find the 
encryption protocol recognized by the other machine. If the user knows which encryption protocol is used by the 
other system, the user can select that protocol and click the up and down arrows to move it to the top of the list 
where it will be the first protocol attempted during file transferal. Moving the correct protocol to the top of the list 
will eliminate guesswork and save time during the FTP process.

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User/Password – The user account and password used to logon to the FTP server. This could be a Windows or Unix 
account. If this option is selected then the Pass Phrase and Private Keyfile Location fields are not displayed.

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Private Key File – Indicates that a private key file is being used with this job instead of system login by the user. The 
key file must be generated by an SSH open system. To use a private key file, you must supply the password and 
directory location of the private key file.

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Pass Phrase – The password needed to access the private key file. 

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Private Keyfile Location – The directory pathname to the private key file for the agent. This should be a local 
directory rather than a network directory. 

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Variables – If you create an action that is tied to an FTP job, you can click the Variables button to use a variable listed 
under Job Variables in the FTP Statistics

 submenu. There are four FTP job variable options available:

# of Files – Details the number of files transferred.

# of Bytes – Details the size of the file (in bytes) that was transferred. 

# Skipped – Details the number of files within a designated directory that were not FTP’ed.