在Windows中创建WebSphere MQ FTE代理的要求

Question

I am designing a new file transfer infrastructure using WebSphere MQ v7.5 FTE product and like to know for creating an FTE agent in a Windows box, what is the basic minimum requirement? Does it require the MQ v7.5 server edition installed or will it work with the MQ v7.5 client libraries?

Answer 1

You need at least one WMQ queue manager to act as the queuing hub for all the agents. The regular FTE agents can be client-based. Typically, these are placed local to the file endpoints and access the underlying filesystem directly. For most agents a client connection to a central queue manager works great. The exception is a node where the transfer volume is very high, in which case it might warrant having a local queue manager.

The exception is the "Protocol Bridge" agents which are the ones that talk to remote FTP, SFTP and FTPS servers. These must reside on the same host as the queue manager.

Short answer: on your Windows box a client agent is the minimal requirement. Just point its configuration to a queue manager somewhere on the network.