IBM Aspera on Demand can be used to initiate transfers
between nodes when the Console user has the permission to start transfers. Console
provides two types of transfer methods: simple transfers and smart transfers. Simple
transfers are one-time transfer sessions that require entering all transfer
information. Smart transfers are reusable templates with saved transfer
settings.
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Go to Transfer.
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Click Simple Transfer.
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Enter the transfer name and optional comments. The name and comments can be
helpful if you want to search for this transfer later.
- Optional:
Add new tags or modify existing tags.
Click the
button to add
a new tag. Enter the tag name and the tag value. Click the
button to delete
an existing tag. Select the
button to
prevent a user from changing or deleting the locked tag when starting this
transfer.
For more information about tags, see Working with Tags.
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Select the source node or saved endpoint from the
Connect drop-down menu.
- Node: A node appears as an entry with only the node name and IP address.
A node does not have associated user credentials and prompts you to enter
the login for an SSH user on the node and to authenticate by using either a
password or an SSH key.
- Endpoint: A saved endpoint is associated with an SSH user and either a
password or an SSH key. Selecting a saved endpoint does not prompt you for
credentials.
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Click Browse and choose the files or folders you want to transfer.
The files and folders you select are added to the Selected Source Items panel
when you click Add.
Note: When browsing the node, you can narrow your search by applying
a filter. When specifying a filter, the asterisk (*) is not a wildcard. Any
string you enter as a filter is treated as a "search within". In other
words, the string "foo" matches "123foo", "foo456", and "123foo456".
By default, if a source item is a file, only the file is transferred. None of
the folders in the file's path are transferred. If a source item is a folder,
the folder and its entire contents are transferred, but none of the higher-level
folders in its path are transferred. For example, if the source path is
aspera/tmp/sent_files, the only folder that will be
transferred to the destination is the sent_files folder.
Neither /aspera nor /tmp appear at the
destination location.
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Select the destination node or saved endpoint from the
Connect drop-down menu.
- Node: A node appears as an entry with only the node name and IP address.
A node does not have associated user credentials and prompts you to enter
the login for an SSH user on the node and to authenticate by using either a
password or an SSH key.
- Endpoint: A saved endpoint is associated with an SSH user and either a
password or an SSH key. Selecting a saved endpoint does not prompt you for
credentials.
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ClickBrowse and choose the files or folders you want to
transfer. The files and folders you select are added to the Selected Source
Items panel when you click Add.
- Optional:
Expand the settings under More Options to configure addition settings.
| Section |
Description |
| Connection |
Configure fasp settings. |
| Transfer |
Configure transfer rates and policies. |
| Security |
Encrypt the transfer. |
| File Handling |
Configure source file attributes, archive source files after
transfer, and set filters for source files. |
| Notifications |
Configure email notification options. For more information on
email notifications, see Configuring Email Notifications. |
| Advanced |
Configure transfer initiator, fasp MTU, and read and
write block sizes on source and destination nodes. |
| Transfer Time |
Schedule your transfer to run Now or
Later. If you choose
Later, click the 
button and choose the date and time you want the transfer to
run.
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For information on these options, see
Simple Transfer Options.
Note: If you schedule your simple transfer for a future time, you can
cancel it by going to
Activity > Transfers. Select
"All" from the
Scheduled drop-down menu, and click
Cancel.
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Click Transfer to start the transfer (or
Schedule if you set a transfer time).