Monitoring Activity from the Transfer Activity List
Overview
The Transfer Activity list shows, by default, the file transfers that are pending either because they have not started yet, are under progress, are paused, or are in an error condition
The Transfer Activity list is not automatically refreshed.
You also can monitor activity for a specific transfer record by displaying transfer record specific Transfer Details.
Displaying the Transfer Activity List
From the UDMG Admin UI navigation pane, select Activity > Transfers. The Transfer list displays.
The UDMG Admin UI assigns a default color for each of the 7 possible statuses for a transfer instance:
| Status | Color |
|---|---|
| PLANNED | grey |
| RUNNING | green |
| INTERRUPTED | yellow |
| PAUSED | orange |
| ERROR | red |
| DONE | blue |
| CANCELLED | purple |
Transfer Activity List Column Descriptions
The following table describes the default columns of information displayed on the Transfer Activity list.
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Transfer ID | The local identifier of the transfer |
Rule | The name of the transfer rule |
Transfer Protocol | The protocol used to perform the transfer |
Requester | The name of the account that requested the transfer |
| Requested | The name of the server/partner the transfer was requested from |
Path | The file path on the local disk |
| Remote File Path | The file path on the remote partner |
| Start Date | Date and time the transfer instance started. |
| Status | The current status of the transfer (possible values: PLANNED , RUNNING , PAUSED , INTERRUPTED , ERROR , DONE or CANCELED ) |
| Step | The current step of the transfer (possible values: StepNone , StepSetup , StepPreTasks , StepData , StepPostTasks , StepErrorTasks or StepFinalization ) |
| Transferred | The progress (in bytes) of the data transfer |
| File Size | The size of the file (-1 if unknown) |
Error Code | The error code of the transfer (if an error occurred) |
| Error Message | The error message of the transfer (if an error occurred) |
| isServer | Indicates whether the UDMG Server is acting as a server (true) or as a client (false) |
| isSend | Indicates whether the transfer is a send (true) or a receive (false) |
| UUID | Transfer Unique Identifier, as string |
Transfer Activity List Task Bar
A Transfer Activity List task bar displays across the top of the Transfer Activity List, which allows you to select which transfer instances display on the list.
Time Constraint
The By Time Time Constraint drop-down list in the Task Instance Selections task bar allows you to select a time frame for which you want transfer instances to display on the list.
The default time constraint is 48 hours.
Filtering
The By Status field in the Transfer Activity List task bar allows you to filter the list so that only transfer instances matching the specified criteria within the selected time constraint display on the list.
By default only the statuses for non completed transfer records are selected.
Select a set of individual status, or click the Check all to select all status, or click the Uncheck all to clear the selection (this also allows the selection of all transfer records).
Composite statuses are available at the top of the list as a shortcut for selecting statuses:
- Pending = All transfer statuses except DONE, CANCELLED
- Active = Status is one of PLANNED, RUNNING, INTERRUPTED
- Blocked = Status is PAUSED
- Completed = Status is PAUSED
- Problem = Status is one of ERROR, CANCELLED
See the generic description of the List Task Bar for detailed information an applying filters.
Displaying Transfer Details
To display Details for a transfer record:
- Select the record from the list.
The transfer details are displayed in the Transfer tab.
Transfer Details Field Descriptions
The following table describes the default columns of information displayed on the Transfer Details tab
Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Status | Color coded icon: the current status of the transfer (possible values: PLANNED , RUNNING , PAUSED , INTERRUPTED , ERROR , DONE or CANCELED ) |
ID | The local identifier of the transfer |
Protocol | The protocol used to perform the transfer |
| Step | The current step of the transfer (possible values: StepNone , StepSetup , StepPreTasks , StepData , StepPostTasks , StepErrorTasks or StepFinalization ) |
| Remote ID | Transfer Unique Identifier (UUID) |
| isServer | Indicates whether the UDMG Server is acting as a server (true) or as a client (false) |
| isSend | Indicates whether the transfer is a send (true) or a receive (false) |
| Start Date | Date and time the transfer instance started. |
| Stop Date | Date and time the transfer instance completed (only for DONE status). |
Error Code | The error code of the transfer (if an error occurred) |
| Error Message | The error message of the transfer (if an error occurred) |
Rule | The name of the transfer rule |
| File Size | The size of the file (-1 if unknown) |
| Local File Path | The file path on the UDMG server |
| Remote File Path | The file path on the remote partner |
Requester | The name of the account that requested the transfer |
| Requested | The name of the server/partner the transfer was requested from |
From the Transfer Details, you can also display additional Details about the transfer instance:
Info tab | Displays Metadata for the transfer instance. |
Output tab | Displays complete log messages for the transfer. |
Transfer Info Tab
The Info tab lists all additional info fields available to the transfer instance. These fields are added and updated during the transfer execution.
The internal fields have a reserved name starting with the udmg_ prefix. Additional custom info fields can be set during the transfer registration by the client on the interface. The reserved fields (with udmg_) shall not be set by the client unless it is required for the correct processing (for example for the wildcard mode). The list of info fields and values for a specific depend on the protocol, the associated pre, post, and error tasks, and the type of the transfer.
Transfer Logs Tab
The Logs tab displays the log messages generated for the transfer request execution.
The Logs tab displays a green icon, indicating that log is available for this transfer. This is only the case if the Detailed Logging has been enabled, see Logging Configuration.
When switching to this tab, the UDMG Admin UI retrieves the log file and displays it. Reload of the log can be triggered with the refresh button inside the Log tab pane.
