Configuring remote file services

Configuration data for the WebSphere Application Server product resides in files. Two services help you reconfigure and otherwise manage these files: the file transfer service and file synchronization service.

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By default, the file transfer service is always configured and enabled at a node agent, so you do not need to take additional steps to configure this service. However, you might need to configure the file synchronization service.

Procedure

  1. Go to the File Synchronization Service page. Click System Administration > Node Agents in the console navigation tree. Then, click the node agent for which you want to configure a synchronization server and click File Synchronization Service.
  2. On the File Synchronization Service page, customize the service that helps make configuration data consistent across a cell by moving updated configuration files from the deployment manager to the node. Change the values for properties on the File Synchronization Service page. The file synchronization service is always started, but you can control how it runs by changing the values.
  3. By default if node synchronization fails five times consecutively, automatic synchronization is disabled. To keep automatic synchronization enabled, specify a custom property on the Java virtual machine (JVM) of the node agent using the administrative console.
    1. Click System Administration > Node Agents > nodeagent. Click on the node agent for which you want to configure the optional custom property.
    2. Under Server Infrastructure, expand Java and Process Management then click Process Definition > Java Virtual Machine > Custom Properties.
    3. Click New.
    4. Specify a name and value for the custom property.

      The com.ibm.websphere.management.sync.allowfailure custom property:

      To keep automatic synchronization enabled, specify this custom property with a value of true.
      Property com.ibm.websphere.management.sync.allowfailure
      Data type Boolean
      Default False
  4. Optionally add a custom property for file synchronization on the file synchronization service page.
    1. Click System Administration > Node Agents >nodeagent. Click on the node agent for which you want to configure the optional custom property.
    2. Under Additional Properties, click File synchronization service
    3. Under Additional Properties, click Custom Properties
    4. Click New .
    5. Specify a name and value for the custom property.

      The com.ibm.websphere.management.application.expand.wto custom property:

      Specify this custom property with a value of true if you want to display Enterprise Archive (EAR) file expansion errors on the z/OS operating system console. When the errors display, the operator can take appropriate corrective action for the failure.
      Property com.ibm.websphere.management.application.expand.wto
      Data type Boolean
      Default False



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