The remote administration server uses FTAC transfer admissions to access the openFT instances. This means that the appropriate admission profiles must be defined in the openFT instances from which administration is being carried out.
To enable a remote administrator to access the openFT instance, the FT administrator creates an admission profile on the BS2000 system using the REMOTE-ADMINIS- TRATION function:
/CREATE-FT-PROFILE NAME=profile -
/ ,TRANSFER-ADMISSION=transfer_admission -
/ ,PARTNER=remote_administration_server -
/ ,FT-FUNCTION=*REMOTE-ADMINISTRATION
The ADM administrator specifies the FTAC transfer admission in the configuration file of the remote administration server when defining the openFT instance. For an example, see the manual "openFT (Unix and Windows systems) - Installation and Operation". The operand PARTNER= ensures that this profile can only be used by the remote administration server.
Entering the remote administration server in the partner list
If remote administration requests are to be issued from your BS2000 system, the FT administrator can enter the remote administration server in the partner list. This has the
advantage that you can explicitly assign particular attributes to this partner, for instance the security level or the trace settings.
The FT administrator enters the remote administration server in the partner list using the following format:
ftadm://host[:port number]
You only specify port number if the default ADM port (11000) is not used on the remote administration server host . The same applies if a remote administrator specifies the address directly in a remote administration request.