Transfer CFT event monitoring: General implementation procedure

Prerequisites

Configuration tasks

Monitoring Transfer CFT events

Prerequisites

If you are using an external database, install the database before installing the Axway 5 Suite products.
If you are using an external database, perform the prerequisite configuration steps as described in the Axway 5 Suite Installation and Prerequisites Guide.
Example external database configuration
Install Java either from the Java website or from the Axway installation package in the <Axway installation directory>/Java directory.
Use the Axway Installer to install the required products:
- A database
- Composer plus the Sentinel Enabler
- Transfer CFT plus the Sentinel connector
- During Transfer CFT installation, enter values for the Sentinel connector, when prompted.
- Sentinel and Sentinel Monitoring
- Universal Agent (optional)
- Event Router (optional but recommended)
Install Tomcat if you are using Sentinel Monitoring.

For complete Axway product installation descriptions, refer to the Axway 5 Suite Installation and Prerequisites Guide.

Configuration tasks

Start all products.

Working in Composer

Step	Task	Go to procedure
1	Create a Folder
2	Create one or more Users
3	Log on to Composer with a user created in step 2
4	Create a CommNetwork
5	Create a HostGroup object for the Axway Server Host
6	Create a Host object for the Axway Server
7	Create an Axway Server object to represent Sentinel
8	Add a Sentinel CommAdapter to the Axway Server object
9	Create an Application object to represent Transfer CFT
10	Create a Channel to link the Application (Transfer CFT) to the Axway Server (Sentinel)
11	Import the Sentinel object package for Transfer CFT
12	Check the imported objects
13	Send the objects to a Sentinel Server

Working in Transfer CFT

Step	Task	Go to procedure
1	Verify that the Sentinel parameters were set during installation
2	If necessary, set the Sentinel parameters in the Unified Configuration file
3	Optionally, activate CFT configuration change tracking
4	Optionally, define the Event Router. If you are operating CFT on z/OS, create an overflow file.
5	If you modified any parameters, stop and restart Transfer CFT to register changes

Monitoring Transfer CFT events

After you configure Sentinel to track Transfer CFT processing events, you can use the features of the Sentinel Monitoring user interface to manage and view the information that you collect.

For details, see Monitoring Axway products in Sentinel Monitoring