This 3-day instructor-led course provides the skills necessary to use and manage IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct® V4.7.0 in the Windows environment. This course is valuable for end-users and application programmers intending to use Sterling Connect:Direct®. It is also valuable to systems administrators, operators, production control personnel, help desk staff, and support personnel responsible for Sterling Connect:Direct® operations.

This course explains the Windows environment for Sterling Connect:Direct, installation and configuration procedures, process language, and interfaces. The students will also learn the components of  different user interfaces of Sterling Connect:Direct and troubleshooting methods.

After completing this course, students should be able to:

• Explain the architecture and functionalities of Sterling Connect:Direct for Windows
• Install Sterling Connect:Direct for Windows
• Create, submit and track processes
• Navigate through Sterling Connect:Direct interfaces
• Describe the importance of  Sterling Connect:Direct Software Development Kit
• Describe and configure File Agent
• Explain about performance and tuning tasks
• Diagnose and troubleshoot common errors
• Determine the need for Sterling File Accelerator

This intermediate course is designed for:

• Systems administrators
• Operators
• Production control personnel
• Help desk staff
• Support personnel responsible for Sterling Connect:Direct operations.

You should have:

• Awareness of File Transfer protocol (FTP) and Managed File Transfer (MFT) functionality.

Course Overview

UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION

• Lesson 1. Overview of Connect:Direct
• Lesson 2. Architecture of Connect:Direct
• Lesson 3. Installation of Connect:Direct

UNIT 2. PROCESSES

• Lesson 1. Process Language
• Lesson 2. Process Monitor – TCQ
• Lesson 3. Audit Trail – Statistics
• Lesson 4. Command Line Interface
• Lesson 5. Client Utilities

UNIT 3. APPLICATIONS

• Lesson 1. Connect:Direct Browser User Interface
• Lesson 2. Connect:Direct Software Developers Kit – SDK
• Lesson 3. Connect:Direct File Agent Configuration
• Lesson 4. Process Data Flow

UNIT 4. SYSTEM HEALTH

• Lesson 1. Performance and Tuning
• Lesson 2. Diagnostic Tools and Procedures
• Lesson 3. UDT for Connect:Direct

Course Wrap Up

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.

GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course. Go to the EViTA site to start this process: http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf

Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:

• The current GTP list price
• The 20% discounted price is available to IBMers for GTP delivered courses only. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class.