Transfer Group Information

Group remote hosts and register the groups.

The maximum number of hosts that can be specified per group is 1000.

There are two ways to register the information.

(1) Field List

'Optional' in the chart below refers to whether or not the field is optional for registration on the HULFT Management Console. Optional parameters for batch registration may differ from optional fields on the HULFT Management Console.

For details on optional parameters for batch registration, refer to Registration and modification of management information.

Table 2.8 List of Transfer Group Information Fields

Field Name

When Defaulted

Setting

Optional

Remarks

Screen

File

Transfer Group ID

HGRPID

 

Alphanumeric characters

-

Within 50 bytes

Host Name

SERVER DEF
to DEFEND

 

Alphanumeric characters and
specific symbols (*1)

-

Within 50 bytes

Comment

COMMENT

 

Alphanumeric characters, half-width Katakana

✓

Within 60 bytes

✓

:

Optional

-

:

Mandatory

*1

:

The symbols that you can use are hyphen (-) and period (.). However, you cannot specify a host name that contains a hyphen (-) for the target host of the following programs:

  • Host Information List Output Program (XRHSTLST)

  • Send Log List/File Output Program (XRSLOGL)

  • Receive Log List/File Output Program (XRRLOGL)

This is because a hyphen (-) represents a range when you specify a host name in the above programs.

When you use HULFT-HUB, HULFT-HUB may set a host name with an underscore (_).

HULFT-HUB uses this host name to manage HULFT. You cannot use an underscore (_) in a host name for transfer.

(2) Specification of each field

The following explains the fields specified in the Transfer Group Information. Strings within brackets () are the tags of parameter names to be defined in a definition card for the Management Information Batch Registration program (XRSYSINF).

Transfer Group ID (HGRPID)

This field specifies the ID to identify the group of the host on the sending side or the host on the receiving side.

This transfer group ID is linked with the Transfer Group ID (GRPID) in the Send Management Information and the Receive Management Information.

Host Name (SERVER DEF to DEFEND)

This field specifies the name of the remote host used for the Send processing or the Receive processing of a file.

The maximum number of hosts that can be specified per group is 1000.

Comment (COMMENT)

This field specifies the comment on the Transfer Group Information.

(3) Points to be noted when specifying

Duplication of host name

The same host name cannot be registered more than once in one Transfer Group.

(4) Operation when multiple hosts are registered

When you register multiple hosts for a Transfer Group ID in the Send Management Information, the operation of HULFT varies depending on whether the request is the Send File or the Send Request.

Send File

HULFT sends the file to all hosts that are registered in the transfer group that is specified for the Transfer Group ID (multicasting).

Send Request

HULFT sends the file only to the host that issued the Send Request.

If the host that issued the Send Request is not registered in the transfer group that is specified for the Transfer Group ID, an error occurs.