IBM Sterling Connect Direct for Unix V4.2.0

This course is designed for systems administrators, operators, production control personnel, help desk staff, and support personnel responsible for Sterling Connect:Direct operations.

After completing this course, students should be able to:

• Explain the structure of Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX.
• Describe the user interfaces and components of Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX.
• Install Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX.
• Customize Configuration Files.
• Control Processes using the submit, select, change, delete, flush, and stop commands.
• Obtain status information about a Process.
• Write a Process using statements.
• Describe the utilities used to translate data between tables and retrieve Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX messages.
• Gather troubleshooting information using the trace command.
• Configure the File Agent and rules to watch for files.

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UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION

• Lesson 1. Connect:Direct overview
• Lesson 2. Installation pre-requisite
• Lesson 3. Installation
   

UNIT 2. CONFIGURATION FILES

• Lesson 1. Introduction to configuration file
• Lesson 2. Initialization file
• Lesson 3. Client configuration file
• Lesson 4. Client and server authentication key file
• Lesson 5. Network map file
• Lesson 6. Maintaining access information file

UNIT 3. PROCESSES

• Lesson 1. Statements
• Lesson 2. Submitting processes
• Lesson 3. Changing processes
• Lesson 4. Selecting a process
• Lesson 5. Selecting statistics

UNIT 4. Utilities

• Lesson 1. Termination utilities
• Lesson 2. Troubleshooting utilities
• Lesson 3.  Advanced utilities
• Lesson 4.  File Agent utility