# DWA Emitter for IBM STERLING CONNECT:DIRECT

## Prerequisites

This emitter supports monitoring of IBM Sterling Connect:Direct 6.0.0 on distributed platforms (non-z/OS).

Actual detection of Connect:Direct (C:D) file transfer events is performed by accessing C:D Server statistics at runtime using C:D Java API.

C:D Java API jar must be provisioned by the customer on the machine where DWAgent is installed, this jar (usually named **CDJAI.jar**) is part of IBM Sterling Connect:Direct product installation and it is not distributed with DWAgent.

To include C:D Java API jar into DWAgent **CLASSPATH** you must create this environment variable **DWAGENT\_EXT\_CP** and set its value to the jar file name including its absolute path, then you must export it / make it in the environment where DWAgent is started.

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct versions different from 6.0.0 may be supported as well, depending on C:D Java API compatibility guarantees provided by IBM Sterling across versions.

Given that C:D Java API supports remote connections, DWAgent can also be installed on a machine different from the one where the monitored C:D Server is running.

## Configuration reference

DWA Emitter for C:D for distributed platforms -- Prefix **emitter.cdmini\[\<label>].\***

| Properties                                                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p><strong>nodeName</strong><br><strong>port</strong><br><strong>userId</strong><br><strong>password</strong></p> | Hostname (nodeName), port and credentials to be used when connecting to a C:D instance to retrieve statistical records.                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **connectTimeoutSeconds**                                                                                         | Connection timeout to be assumed when connecting to a C:D instance to retrieve statistical records.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **startStatisticsFromDate**                                                                                       | <p>Optional start date and time in YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS format starting from which old statistical records will be processed by DWAgent the first time it is started.<br>When this parameter is blank, the assumed default timestamp is the date and time DWAgent is started up for the first time.</p> |
| **additionalRecordIDs=IFED,RJED,RTED**                                                                            | Used to emit event also for non-file transfer operations in this list: if statement (IFED), Run Job (RJED) and Run Task (RTED) operations.                                                                                                                                                         |