Adding a New Remote Location for Automatic File Transfers

To add a new remote location for files to be automatically transferred to, perform the following procedure.

  1. Log in to the active server as lsmsadm.
  2. Enter the following command (for more information about the format of this command, see “autoxfercfg”):

    $ $LSMS_DIR/autoxfercfg

  3. The following menu is displayed:

    Select one of the following menu options:
1) Display valid remote locations
2) Add new remote location
3) Remove remote location
4) Display all scheduled transfers
5) Add new scheduled transfer
6) Remove scheduled transfer
7) Exit

  4. Enter 2.

    Output similar to the following displays: 
    Enter remote machine name: 
Enter user name: 
Enter password: ............
Verify password: ............

  5. Type the desired values in all four fields, and then press Return.

    For example, type the following values shown in bold and press Return. (The passwords do not display as you type them; they are shown here to demonstrate that you must enter the same value twice.)
    Enter remote machine name:  ftp.oracle.com
Enter user name:  anonymous
Enter password:  xy1524wp
Verify password:  xy1524wp
    The following output displays: 
    Site configured. ** Make sure the host is reachable from this system **
<hit any key to continue>

  6. After you have pressed any key, the output displayed in step 3 is displayed again.

    If you desire to perform other functions, enter a number and follow the procedure described in one of the other sections that describe this feature. For a list of the sections, Managing Automatic File Transfers.

  7. If you do not need to perform any other function, type 7.
Parent topic: Managing Automatic File Transfers